Research on 1 Peter: A Survey of Scholarly Literature Since 1985

Abstract

This article examines the scholarly literature on 1 Peter that has appeared since 1985, providing a comprehensive bibliography. Topics of discussion include authorship, date and historical setting, recipients and provenance, unity, genre, structure, sources, nature of the ethic (whether conformist or nonconformist), controlling metaphor, social-scientific analyses, and theology (including Christ’s proclamation to the spirits in 3.18-22).

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