The Calvinist International
(Part 1; Part 2) The Vulgate is a good translation of the Bible. Stop laughing. No, really, the Vulgate is a good translation of the Bible. It’s not perfect; but, then again, neither is the ESV, the NIV, or the KJV. So it might be worthwhile to look at how an ancient translator who knew […]
It is by this point no secret that I have some disagreements with the way certain terms are rendered in the ESV’s translation of 1 Peter, viz., its threefold reference to “exiles.” I am not certain that any of them should be so rendered: the first is a possible exception, though I have doubts there […]
I recently completed a series on the motif of “exile” in 1 Peter (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3) in which I argued that the accent is placed on the alienation of holiness from sin, and not essentially or in the first instance on anything having to do with politics, culture, church-and-statery, etc. I was […]
Last fall, I started a series on the motif of “exile” in 1 Peter, but neglected to finish it. Hence, this post. The motif is used three times in the letter, though the Greek term is not the same in each instance. In the first (1 Peter 1:1), the term used is παρεπιδήμοις; we saw that […]
Last time we looked at the first use of the “exile” or “sojourner” motif in 1 Peter, where it seems to be used specifically of the Jews of the Diaspora, who were sojourning away from their earthly and ancestral homeland. The second occurrence of the motif is quite different, and is much more to the […]
The motif of “exile” or “sojourning” is perhaps most prominent in Peter’s first letter, where it occurs three times. As it turns out, not every use of this concept in 1 Peter is the same. In a series of three brief posts, we will look at each instance, and also use John Calvin’s commentary to […]