vol. 39, Issue #1

Online Journal Article: THE COMPOSITIONAL FUNCTION OF THE PETRINE PRESCRIPT: A LOOK AT 1 PET 1:1–3 PHILIP L. TITE JETS 39/1 (March 1996) 47–56

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THE COMPOSITIONAL FUNCTION OF THE PETRINE
PRESCRIPT: A LOOK AT 1 PET 1:1–3
PHILIP L. TITE
JETS 39/1 (March 1996) 47–56

First Peter has been referred to as the “exegetical step-child” of NT
studies.1 Given the extensive attention devoted to the gospels and the
Pauline letters in contrast to the material produced on 1 Peter, John H.
Elliott’s observation is unfortunately a fairly accurate one. Even within
Petrine studies there have been several nagging issues that have never
been adequately addressed or have never emerged into a general consensus.
The compositional makeup of 1 Peter is just such an issue. Scholars
have debated over various theories ranging from a baptismal homily to a
threefold analytical structure to no discernible structure at all. Liturgical
and partition theories have had a strong influence in Petrine compositional
discussion, though with less than satisfactory results. RecentlyTroy Martin
offered a thorough study of 1 Peter’s compositional structure. --from the first page of the article