Simon Peter in Scripture and Memory

by Markus Bockmuehl

After Jesus, Peter is the most frequently mentioned individual both in the Gospels and in the New Testament as a whole. He was the leading disciple, the "rock" on which Jesus would build his church. How can we know so little about this formative figure of the early church?World-renowned New Testament scholar Markus Bockmuehl introduces the New Testament Peter by asking how first- and second-century sources may be understood through the prism of "living...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801048648
• ISBN13: 9780801048647
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up