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Paideia: Commentaries on the New Testament
First and Second Peter: (A Cultural, Exegetical, Historical, & Theological Bible Commentary on the New Testament)
In this addition to the well-received Paideia series, New Testament scholars Duane Watson and Terrance Callan examine cultural context and theological meaning in First and Second Peter. Paideia commentaries explore how New Testament texts form Christian readers by
• attending to the ancient narrative and rhetorical strategies the text employs
• showing how the text shapes theological convictions and moral habits
• commenting on the final, canonical form of each New Testament book
• focusing on the cultural, literary, and theological settings of the text
• making judicious use of maps, photos, and sidebars in a reader-friendly format
This commentary, like each in the projected eighteen-volume series, proceeds by sense units rather than word-by-word or verse-by-verse. Students, pastors, and other readers will appreciate the historical, literary, and theological insight Watson and Callan offer in interpreting First and Second Peter.
• attending to the ancient narrative and rhetorical strategies the text employs
• showing how the text shapes theological convictions and moral habits
• commenting on the final, canonical form of each New Testament book
• focusing on the cultural, literary, and theological settings of the text
• making judicious use of maps, photos, and sidebars in a reader-friendly format
This commentary, like each in the projected eighteen-volume series, proceeds by sense units rather than word-by-word or verse-by-verse. Students, pastors, and other readers will appreciate the historical, literary, and theological insight Watson and Callan offer in interpreting First and Second Peter.
- GenresBiblical Studies
272 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2012
About the author
Terrance D. Callan
5 books4 followersTerrance Callan (PhD, Yale University) is the dean of special studies at the Athenaeum of Ohio in Cincinnati, Ohio, and has published several books, including The Origins of Christian Faith.
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February 11, 2013
A text-based commentary on 1 and 2 Peter.
The First Peter commentary is written with a view toward Peter as the author in Peter's context, and the substance of the commentary does well at setting forth the flow of the narrative, making good sense of the text in context, and, true to the Paideia series, assists the reader in understanding the historical, cultural, but especially literal and rhetorical context of the book. Nevertheless, when it comes to modern application, the author frequently chooses modern cultural norms over the perspective provided within the text itself.
The Second Peter commentary is written with a view toward Peter not being its author but as a testament under the assumption that such is what Peter would say; the author argues that the book should be accepted as inspired because of its canonical status, not based on its authorship, and the reader is expected to be content with that. It is also written with a view of the book as written in the early to mid second century, with the reader to be expected to be content with that as well. The Second Peter commentary seems to get lost in the discussion of rhetorical devices and the nature and quality of the Greek, although the theological section is more fleshed out and less distance is placed between text in context and modern application.
A useful commentary in terms of understanding 1 Peter in context and the many rhetorical devices and structure in 2 Peter. Other aspects of the commentary prove less useful.
**--galley received as part of early review program
The First Peter commentary is written with a view toward Peter as the author in Peter's context, and the substance of the commentary does well at setting forth the flow of the narrative, making good sense of the text in context, and, true to the Paideia series, assists the reader in understanding the historical, cultural, but especially literal and rhetorical context of the book. Nevertheless, when it comes to modern application, the author frequently chooses modern cultural norms over the perspective provided within the text itself.
The Second Peter commentary is written with a view toward Peter not being its author but as a testament under the assumption that such is what Peter would say; the author argues that the book should be accepted as inspired because of its canonical status, not based on its authorship, and the reader is expected to be content with that. It is also written with a view of the book as written in the early to mid second century, with the reader to be expected to be content with that as well. The Second Peter commentary seems to get lost in the discussion of rhetorical devices and the nature and quality of the Greek, although the theological section is more fleshed out and less distance is placed between text in context and modern application.
A useful commentary in terms of understanding 1 Peter in context and the many rhetorical devices and structure in 2 Peter. Other aspects of the commentary prove less useful.
**--galley received as part of early review program
July 5, 2026
During first Peter's commentary, it was good reading, but second Peter, much to academic for me a layperson.
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