| |
| |
| Abbreviations | |
| |
| |
| General Introduction to 1 and 2 Peter | |
| |
| |
| 1 Peter | |
| |
| |
| Introduction to 1 Peter | |
| |
| |
| Reading 1 Peter in Its Social Milieu | |
| |
| |
| The Greek Style and Rhetoric of 1 Peter | |
| |
| |
| Greek Style and Asianism | |
| |
| |
| The Structure of 1 Peter | |
| |
| |
| The Peter of the New Testament and Early Christian History | |
| |
| |
| Bibliography for 1 Peter | |
| |
| |
| 1 Peter | |
| |
| |
| 1 Peter 1:1-2, Epistolary Prescript: Alien Nation | |
| |
| |
| 1 Peter 1:3-12, Exordium: Suffering Now, Salvation Later A Closer Look: The Theologizing of Peter | |
| |
| |
| 1 Peter 1:13-16, Propositio: You Have a Hope, So Be Holy | |
| |
| |
| 1 Peter 1:17-2:10, Argument 1: Live as Redeemed Resident Aliens A Closer Look: Recycled Ideas, Peter's Sermons in Acts and 1 Peter | |
| |
| |
| 1 Peter 2:11-3:12, Argument 2: Submission to Authority Figures A Closer Look: Domestic Slavery and First Peter | |
| |
| |
| 1 Peter 3:13-4:11, Argument 3: Suffering and Self-Control A Closer Look: Ascending Enoch; Jesus and Falling Spirits | |
| |
| |
| 1 Peter 4:12-19, Argument 4: Suffering and Glory | |
| |
| |
| 1 Peter 5:1-5, Argument 5: Appeal to the Elders and Younger Ones A Closer Look: Leadership Structures in the Early Church | |
| |
| |
| 1 Peter 5:6-11, Peroratio: Between the Mighty Hand of God and the Roaring Satanic Lion A Closer Look: Christians Having the Devil of a Time | |
| |
| |
| 1 Peter 5:12-14, Epistolary Postscript: A "Brief" Conclusion | |
| |
| |
| Bridging the Horizons | |
| |
| |
| 2 Peter | |
| |
| |
| Introduction to 2 Peter | |
| |
| |
| The Rhetoric of 2 Peter | |
| |
| |
| The Social Location of 2 Peter | |
| |
| |
| Bibliography for 2 Peter | |
| |
| |
| 2 Peter | |
| |
| |
| 2 Peter 1:1-2, Epistolary Prescript: Inclusive Language | |
| |
| |
| 2 Peter 1:3-11, Exordium: Manifesting Virtues, Making Firm One's Calling, Sharing in the Divine Nature A Closer Look: The Christian Face of Virtue | |
| |
| |
| 2 Peter 1:12-21, Lively Testimony from a Dead Apostle | |
| |
| |
| 1 Peter 2:1-22, False Teachers Past and Present A Closer Look: How Was 2 Peter Composed? Elementary, My Dear Watson | |
| |
| |
| 2 Peter 3:1-13, Last Argument About the Last Things | |
| |
| |
| 2 Peter 3.14-18, Peroratio and Concluding Doxology: Forewarned Is Forearmed A Closer Look: Theologizing out of the Apostolic Tradition for the Postapostolic Age | |
| |
| |
| Bridging the Horizons | |
| |
| |
| Final Reflections: Letters and Homilies from the Last Third of the First Century A.D. | |
| |
| |
| Index of Authors | |
| |
| |
| Index of Ancient Sources | |