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Document Details : Title: Why does 1 Peter 3,19 Mention the Spirits in Custody? Author(s): GRINDHEIM, Sigurd Journal: Biblica Volume: 105 Issue: 1 Date: 2024 Pages: 113-126 DOI: 10.2143/BIB.105.1.3293260 Abstract : Compared to the intense scholarly interest in the identity of the spirits to whom Christ went and made proclamation according to 1 Peter 3,19-20, surprisingly little attention has been devoted to the rhetorical function of the account. This article argues that the passage must be read in light of the well-attested idea that the disobedient spirits of Noah’s time were engaged in deceiving the nations. The reference to their defeat, therefore, serves the author’s exhortations to transformative resistance against the audience’s oppressors and suggests that these opponents may be converted. |
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