First Epistle of Peter

Letter Overview

• An Exiled Community as a Missionary Community A Study based on 1 Peter 2:9, 10 | Evangelical Review of Theology, Volume 10, 1986

Authorship

Contributing Verses: - 1 Peter 1:1, 5:1, 12-13

• Bible Knowledge Commentary, Dallas Theological Seminary
• The Message of 1 Peter, The Bible Speaks Today
• The Pulpit Commentary: 1 Peter
• The IVP Bible background commentary
• Believer’s Bible commentary
• Wiersbe’s expository outlines on the New Testament
• Jamieson, Fausset, Brown: A commentary, critical and explanatory, on the Old and New Testaments
• KJV Bible Commentary
• MacArthur Study Bible
• D.A. Carson:New Bible Commentary
• A. Robertson: Word Pictures in the New Testament
• Nelson Study Bible: NKJV
• Tyndale concise Bible commentary
• Willmington’s Bible handbook
• Guthrie, D. (1996). New Testament introduction
• Baker encyclopedia of the Bible
• Martin, R. P., & Davids, P. H. Dictionary of the later New Testament and its developments
• Nelson’s new illustrated Bible dictionary
• Hayford’s Bible handbook
• Talk thru the Bible
• Introduction to 1 Peter: Author. Review and Expositor Volume 79

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• Jongyoon Moon, Mark as Contributive Amanuensis of 1 Peter? An Inquiry into Mark’s Involvement in Light of First-Century Letter Writing. PhD diss. University of Pretoria, 2008. – Web Resource

Audience

• Bible Knowledge Commentary, Dallas Theological Seminary
• The Message of 1 Peter, The Bible Speaks Today
• The Pulpit Commentary: 1 Peter
• The IVP Bible background commentary
• Jamieson, Fausset, Brown: A commentary, critical and explanatory, on the Old and New Testaments
• D.A. Carson:New Bible Commentary
• A. Robertson: Word Pictures in the New Testament
• Willmington’s Bible handbook
• Guthrie, D. (1996). New Testament introduction
• Baker encyclopedia of the Bible
• Martin, R. P., & Davids, P. H. Dictionary of the later New Testament and its developments
• Hiebert, D. Edmond. Designation of the Readers in 1 Peter 1:1-2. Bibliotheca Sacra Volume 137

Purpose

• Bible Knowledge Commentary, Dallas Theological Seminary
• The Message of 1 Peter, The Bible Speaks Today
• The Pulpit Commentary: 1 Peter
• Jamieson, Fausset, Brown: A commentary, critical and explanatory, on the Old and New Testaments
• D.A. Carson:New Bible Commentary
• A. Robertson: Word Pictures in the New Testament
• Tyndale concise Bible commentary

Theme

• Wiersbe’s expository outlines on the New Testament

Unity

• The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament

Date/Location of Writing

• Bible Knowledge Commentary, Dallas Theological Seminary - (Just before A.D. 64)
• The Message of 1 Peter, The Bible Speaks Today - /(AD 63)/
• The Pulpit Commentary: 1 Peter - (About the Year 65)
• The IVP Bible background commentary:Date - (AD ???) and Situation
• Believer’s Bible commentary - (Probably 64 or 65)
• Wiersbe’s expository outlines on the New Testament
• Jamieson, Fausset, Brown: A commentary, critical and explanatory, on the Old and New Testaments
• KJV Bible Commentary - (Between A.D. 62 and 64)
• MacArthur Study Bible - (just before or shortly after July, A.D. 64)
• D.A. Carson: New Bible Commentary - (c. 63–64)
• A. Robertson: Word Pictures in the New Testament: Date - (about A.D. 65) and Location
• Nelson Study Bible: NKJV - (around A.D. 62–64)
• Tyndale concise Bible commentary - ( probably...in A.D. 63 or 64)
• Willmington’s Bible handbook - (A.D. 63–64)
• Guthrie, D. (1996). New Testament introduction - (...the period immediately preceding or during the Neronian persecutions)
• Baker encyclopedia of the Bible - (probably A.D. 64 or 65)
• Nelson’s new illustrated Bible dictionary
• Hayford’s Bible handbook - (The early sixties...)
• Talk thru the Bible - (...shortly before the outbreak of persecution under Nero in A.D. 64.)
• Introduction to 1 Peter: Date. Review and Expositor Volume 79 – (...perhaps 90-100)
• Was St. Peter Ever in Rome: New Testament Evidences. Bibliotheca Sacra 124:496. (October 1967): 317-19 – (Babylon, 1 Peter 5:13, does not equal Rome)

Outlines

• Bible Knowledge Commentary, Dallas Theological Seminary
• UBS handbook series: A handbook on the first letter from Peter
• Wiersbe, W. W.: The Bible exposition commentary
• Believer’s Bible commentary
• Evangelical commentary on the Bible
• Wiersbe’s expository outlines on the New Testament
• KJV Bible Commentary
• MacArthur Study Bible
• D.A. Carson:New Bible Commentary
• Nelson’s new illustrated Bible commentary
• The Outline Bible
• Nelson Study Bible: NKJV
• Tyndale concise Bible commentary
• Willmington’s Bible handbook
• Talk thru the Bible

Bibliographies

• The Pulpit Commentary: 1 Peter
• The IVP Bible Background Commentary
• A. Robertson: Word Pictures in the New Testament

General Introductions

• Harrison, Everett Falconer. “Exegetical Studies in 1 Peter Part 1“. Bibliotheca Sacra. 97:386 (Apr 40). 201-05
• Introduction to 1 Peter. Review and Expositor Volume 79
• Thurston, Robert W. Interpreting First Peter. JETS 17:3 (Summer 1974) p. 172-191

1.1. In English Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

1.2. In Bible Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

• “Peter, the Apostle.” Tyndale Bible dictionary.