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  • From: "Hyam Maccoby" <h.z.maccoby AT leeds.ac.uk>
  • To: "Corpus-paul" <corpus-paul AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Peter and Paul
  • Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 17:58:09 +0100


Dear Tony,

Thanks for your comments. Few scholars nowadays would see I Peter as the
genuine work of the apostle Peter. Its style of Greek is of a high literary
quality not to be expected of a Galilean fisherman, and its phraseology
reflects the influence of the Pauline epistles. I myself would agree with
the view first expressed by F.C. Baur, who saw I Peter as part of the
post-apostolic attempt by one Jewish-Christian group to seek harmonious
relations with the Pauline churches by presenting Peter in as Pauline terms
as possible. W.G. Kummel, in his Introduction to the New Testament (p.
424-5), says 'I Peter is undoubtedly a pseudonymous writing ... 90-95 is
therefore the most probable time of writing.'

With very best wishes,

Hyam






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Dr.Hyam Maccoby
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Centre for Jewish Studies
University of Leeds
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Subject: [corpus-paul] Peter and Paul


> Whereas Paul saw the
> > crucifixion as a salvific event, James and Peter, as
believing Jews, saw it
> > as the tragic death of a human liberator at the hands of a
cruel occupying
> > power, and as having no effect on spiritual salvation,
which was effected
> > only by adherence to the Torah.
>
> Hyam,
>
> I am somewhat puzzled by your statement that Peter unlike Paul did not
see Jesus' death as "a salvific event". That is not what we find in the
Petrine letter, "and He himself bore **our sins** in His body on the cross,
that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you
were healed." (1 Peter 2:24 NASB) "For Christ also died **for** sins once
for all, the just **for** the unjust, in order that He might bring us to
God..." (1 Peter 3:18 NASB) The language here is clearly vicarious and in
line with Pauline soteriology. Best,
>
>
Tony Costa
>
University of Toronto
>
>
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