1 Peter

Travis B. Williams is Professor of Religion at Tusculum University, USA. He has published extensively on the letter of 1 Peter, including numerous articles and essays as well as two major monographs: Good Works in 1 Peter: Negotiating Social Conflict and Christian Identity in the Greco-Roman World (2014) and Persecution in 1 Peter: Differentiating and Contextualizing Early Christian Suffering (2012).David G. Horrell is Professor of New Testament Studies at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the author of several books, including Becoming Christian: Essays on 1 Peter and the Making of Christian Identity (T&T Clark, 2013), 1 Peter (New Testament Guides; T&T Clark, 2008), and Solidarity and Difference (T&T Clark, 2005, second edn 2016). He was the editor of the Journal for the Study of the New Testament from 2002-2007.

• General Editors’ PrefacePrefaceMapsAbbreviationsIntroductionExcursus: Pseudonymity in Early Christianity and 1 PeterInscripto/SubscriptoEpistolary Prescript: Identification of Author/Addressees and Opening Greetings (1.1–2)Excursus: Imperatival Participles in 1 PeterAn Exhortation to Crave Spiritual Food for Growth (2.1-3)Excursus: The Quotation of ‘Stone’ Texts (LXX Isa 8.14; 28.16; Ps 117.22)Excursus: ‘Doing Good’ and the Strategy of 1 Peter

No student of First Peter should be without it, and any biblical scholar would benefit from imitating its methodological thoughtfulness, careful philological analysis, broad historical contextualization, and sensitivity to profound and pressing questions of significance.