1 Peter, 2 Peter, and Jude as Evidence for a Petrine School

Soards, Marion L.

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“…One way of explaining the elevated style of 1 Peter is that the letter was the product of a Petrine circle (Best 1971: 59-63; Elliott 1980: 250-67; Elliott 1990: 267-95; Elliott 2000: 127-30; Blevins 1982: 402-403; Soards 1988: 3827-49; Knoch 1990: 22-25; Knoch 1991: 105-26; Perkins 1995: 13; Achtemeier 1996: 42; Dschulnigg 1996: 175; Richard 2000: 9-11; Prasad 2000: 36-46; Böttrich 2001: 247-48; Senior 2003: 4-6; Klauck 2006: 340; Chatelion-Counet 2006: 403-24; Prigent 2006: 10; Hartin 2006: 29; Le Roux 2018: 15-21). According to this view, a group of disciples had formed in Rome around the influence of Peter.…”

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The Amanuensis Hypothesis in New Testament Scholarship: Its Origin, Evidential Basis, and Application

Williams

2023

Currents in Biblical Research

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For centuries, the authorship claims of certain New Testament epistles have been defended by postulating the use of a secretary. According to the amanuensis hypothesis, secretaries in the Greco-Roman world were afforded varying degrees of compositional freedom during the letter-writing process. Proponents of this view maintain that such a consideration invalidates the practice of making authenticity judgments based on the style or even content of a given letter. To better understand the merits and limitations of the amanuensis hypothesis, this article outlines its earliest formulations, traces the development of its evidential basis, and examines the various ways it has been applied within modern authorship debates.

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The Amanuensis Hypothesis in New Testament Scholarship: Its Origin, Evidential Basis, and Application

Williams

2023

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“…Kathleen Corley also comments that 'the argument for a separate Petrine school is gaining wider acceptance' (Corley 1995:350). While Elliott and Richard Bauckham prefer to speak of a 'circle' or 'group' of Petrine associates (Bauckham 1983: 146), Marion Soards has suggested that 1 Peter, along with 2 Peter and Jude, provides evidence for the existence of a 'Petrine school', analogous to the other ancient schools which existed at the time (Soards 1988). Soards's arguments are on the whole weak and unconvincing, either extrapolating illegitimately from literary similarities to common community (or, more precisely, 'school') origin, or taking characteristics common to early Christianity as a whole (such as the use of the Jewish scriptures, specifically the LXX) as indications of the existence of a particular school within early Christianity.…”

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The Product of a Petrine Circle? A Reassessment of the Origin and Character of 1 Peter

Horrell

2002

Journal for the Study of the New Testament

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Recent studies of 1 Peter, especially by John Elliott, have sought to rescue the letter from its assimilation to the Pauline tradition and to establish the view, now widely held, that 1 Peter is the distinctive product of a Petrine circle. After examining the traditions in 1 Peter, both Pauline and non-Pauline, and the names in the letter (Silvanus, Mark and Peter), this essay argues that there is no substantial evidence, either inside or outside the letter, to support the view of 1 Peter as originating from a specifically Petrine group. It is much more plausibly seen as re‘ ecting the consolidation of early Christian traditions in Roman Christianity. Despite the scholarly majority currently in its favour, the view of 1 Peter as the distinctive product of a Petrine tradition from a Petrine circle should therefore be rejected.

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Research on 1 Peter: A Survey of Scholarly Literature Since 1985

Dubis

2006

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This article examines the scholarly literature on 1 Peter that has appeared since 1985, providing a comprehensive bibliography. Topics of discussion include authorship, date and historical setting, recipients and provenance, unity, genre, structure, sources, nature of the ethic (whether conformist or nonconformist), controlling metaphor, social-scientific analyses, and theology (including Christ’s proclamation to the spirits in 3.18-22).

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1 Peter, 2 Peter, and Jude as Evidence for a Petrine School

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The Amanuensis Hypothesis in New Testament Scholarship: Its Origin, Evidential Basis, and Application

The Amanuensis Hypothesis in New Testament Scholarship: Its Origin, Evidential Basis, and Application

The Product of a Petrine Circle? A Reassessment of the Origin and Character of 1 Peter

Research on 1 Peter: A Survey of Scholarly Literature Since 1985

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