Peter (Simon) is one of the most interesting New Testament characters. He had many good moments but also made some of the ...

Ernest F. Scott has stated the critical dilemma succinctly and boldly (The Literature of the New Testament, New York: Columbia University Press, 1936, p. 227): “Thus we have no choice but to ...

In a cryptic passage in the New Testament epistle of First Peter, the crucified Jesus is said to have visited and liberated imprisoned “spirits.” Many interpreters have seen this as an ...

and treatments of biblical themes throw light on this often-ignored New Testament text. While there are commonalities in the rhetorical strategies used by both the African American women and the ...