Travis B. Williams is associate professor of religion at Tusculum University. He is the author of Persecution in 1 Peter: Differentiating and Contextualizing Early Christian Suffering (2012) and Good Works in 1 Peter: Negotiating Social Conflict and Christian Identity in the Greco-Roman World (2014).

'Williams provides a welcome advancement of my own and others' past work on the Teacher.' Jutta Jokiranta, Dead Sea Discoveries

• 1. Introduction; Part I. Methodological Considerations: 2. A theoretical approach toward history; 3. A mnemonic approach toward history; Part II. The Circumstances of Memory: 4. Dating the teacher and the sources; 5. The availability of memory carriers; 6. Memory and the impact of sources materials; 7. The teacher of righteousness in ancient media; Part III. The Processes of Memory: 8. The cognitive origins of memory: scripturalizing the life of the teacher; 9. From cognitive perceptions to community traditions: the formation of collective memory; 10. Tracing the development of memory: the transmission of the teacher tradition; 11. Evaluating the potential for change: the malleability and persistence of the teacher tradition; Appendix 1: the historical value of attributed authorship; Appendix 2: the life of the teacher as an interpretive frame; Appendix 3: the instructions of the teacher.

Travis B. Williams is associate professor of religion at Tusculum University. He is the author of Persecution in 1 Peter: Differentiating and Contextualizing Early Christian Suffering (2012) and Good Works in 1 Peter: Negotiating Social Conflict and Christian Identity in the Greco-Roman World (2014).

'Williams provides a welcome advancement of my own and others' past work on the Teacher.' Jutta Jokiranta, Dead Sea Discoveries

• 1. Introduction; Part I. Methodological Considerations: 2. A theoretical approach toward history; 3. A mnemonic approach toward history; Part II. The Circumstances of Memory: 4. Dating the teacher and the sources; 5. The availability of memory carriers; 6. Memory and the impact of sources materials; 7. The teacher of righteousness in ancient media; Part III. The Processes of Memory: 8. The cognitive origins of memory: scripturalizing the life of the teacher; 9. From cognitive perceptions to community traditions: the formation of collective memory; 10. Tracing the development of memory: the transmission of the teacher tradition; 11. Evaluating the potential for change: the malleability and persistence of the teacher tradition; Appendix 1: the historical value of attributed authorship; Appendix 2: the life of the teacher as an interpretive frame; Appendix 3: the instructions of the teacher.

Travis B. Williams is associate professor of religion at Tusculum University. He is the author of Persecution in 1 Peter: Differentiating and Contextualizing Early Christian Suffering (2012) and Good Works in 1 Peter: Negotiating Social Conflict and Christian Identity in the Greco-Roman World (2014).

'Williams provides a welcome advancement of my own and others' past work on the Teacher.' Jutta Jokiranta, Dead Sea Discoveries

• 1. Introduction; Part I. Methodological Considerations: 2. A theoretical approach toward history; 3. A mnemonic approach toward history; Part II. The Circumstances of Memory: 4. Dating the teacher and the sources; 5. The availability of memory carriers; 6. Memory and the impact of sources materials; 7. The teacher of righteousness in ancient media; Part III. The Processes of Memory: 8. The cognitive origins of memory: scripturalizing the life of the teacher; 9. From cognitive perceptions to community traditions: the formation of collective memory; 10. Tracing the development of memory: the transmission of the teacher tradition; 11. Evaluating the potential for change: the malleability and persistence of the teacher tradition; Appendix 1: the historical value of attributed authorship; Appendix 2: the life of the teacher as an interpretive frame; Appendix 3: the instructions of the teacher.