For example, Larry R. Helyer concludes:. It seems best to conclude that Peter wrote 1 Peter from Rome to Christians in Asia Minor who were being ostracized because of their faith. Who wrote 1 Peter? You may unsubscribe from these email communications at any time. If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at yourprivacy harpercollins. ZA Blog Books and articles that equip you for deeply biblical thinking and ministry.
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Who Wrote the Book of Hebrews? Peter Acts ; Eusebius, Hist. Despite the unanimous witness of our earliest sources many modern scholars doubt 1 Peter was written by the apostle Peter. The primary reason for this doubt is the high literary quality of the Greek in the epistle. This suggests to them that the author had a good education Achtemeier 2ff. Acts calls Peter unschooled but this merely means he did not have a formal rabbinic education.
But this is not as decisive an objection to Petrine authorship as it first appears. If Peter wrote the epistle with the assistance of a secretary this explains both the early tradition attributing the letter to Peter and the quality of the Greek. In conclusion, I agree with nearly all scholars that 1 Peter was written in Rome.
However, I follow the traditional view that the epistle was written by Peter with the help of a secretary between AD 60 and The arguments against Petrine authorship do not overcome the clear testimony from the earliest sources. Achtemeier, Paul J. Minneapolis Minn. Like Like. I wish to use this in an assignment. Where do I get the author details to be able to cite it correctly? You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account.
You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Skip to content Introduction In the case of 1 Peter the issues of authorship, date, and provenance are inter-related.
Date No explicit date for when the letter was written is provided in 1 Peter itself. The description of charisms and church order are too vague to be precise but they are a better fit for the first century than the second century. By the time Revelation was written, in about AD 95, the conditions of Christians in Asia Minor had deteriorated from what they were when 1 Peter was written. Some believers had been put to death Rev ; ; ; ; and the depiction of Rome is very negative Rev It is generally accepted that Peter died during the reign of the Roman emperor Nero—likely after A.
Peter addressed this epistle to Church members living in the five Roman provinces of Asia Minor, located in modern-day Turkey see 1 Peter Until approximately A. In July of that year, a fire destroyed much of Rome, and it was rumored that Emperor Nero himself had ordered the fire to be started. In an effort to divert blame for the disaster, some prominent Romans accused the Christians of starting the fire.
This led to intense persecution of Christians throughout the Roman Empire. In the midst of the affliction and persecution faced by the Saints of his time, Peter exhorted them to turn to one another in love and tenderness see 1 Peter ; —9.
Furthermore, we read in 1 Peter 5 that Peter explained how Church leaders should strengthen their congregations. This epistle contains perhaps the clearest biblical references to the spirit world and the work of salvation that takes place there.
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