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.

As a reviewer, I am delighted to report that reading this volume has been a joy. Over 100 years separate this work from his predecessor in the ICC [International Critical Commentary] series. I expect a similar length of time will pass before a successor is commissioned.

• PrefaceMapsAbbreviationsInstructions to Wives and (More Briefly) to Husbands (3.1–7) Excursus: Preaching to the Spirits in PrisonExhortation to Keep Away From Sin and a Past Way of Life, for Judgment Will Come (4.1–6)Instruction to Elders and to the Whole Community (5.1–5)Bibliography