Re: LITHOS

From: Otto Nordgreen (otto.nordgreen@iba-stud.uio.no)
Date: Wed Apr 16 1997 - 03:52:09 EDT


JMCGRANAHAN@trevecca.edu wrote:

>Could someone explain to me the "possible" reasoning
>behind the author of 1 Peter choosing LITHOS (stone)
>as a metaphor for Jesus? Surely there is a reason of
>some sort, for he uses that word several times in
>1 Peter 2:4-8.

Cf. Ps 118 [117]:22 and - possibly - Dan 2:44f.

Sincerely,

        -- Otto Nordgreen



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