Reading First Peter with New Eyes: Methodological Reassessments of the Letter of First Peter

Reading First Peter with New Eyes is the second of four volumes that incorporate essays examining the impact of recent methodological advances in New Testament studies of the letters of James, 1 and 2 Peter and Jude. It includes rhetorical, social-scientific, socio-rhetorical, ideological and hermeneutical methods, as they contribute to understanding First Peter and its social context. Each essay has a similar three-fold structure, ideal for use by students: a description of the methodological approach; the application of the methodological approach to First Peter; and a conclusion identifying how the methodological approach contributes to a fresh understanding of the letter.

Reading First Peter with New Eyes follows on from the first volume in the series, Reading James With New Eyes, edited by Robert, L. Webb and John S. Kloppenborg.

• Table of contents
• Narrative Dynamics in First Peter: The Function of Narrative World - M. Eugene Boring
• The Rehabilitation of a Rhetorical Step-child: First Peter and Classical Rhetorical Criticism - Troy W. Martin
• Intertexture and Rhetorical Strategy in First Peter's Apocalyptic Discourse: A Study in Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation - Robert L. Webb
• Between Conformity and Resistance: Beyond the Balch-Elliott Debate Towards a Post-Colonial Reading of 1 Peter - David G. Horrell, Lecturer in New Testament, University of Exeter
• Speaking Jewish: Postcolonial Aliens and Strangers in 1 Peter - Betsy Bauman-Martin
• Bibliography
• Indexes