The Quest for the Historical Peter

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IVP Academic writes on the Facebook-

Take a look at the first chapter of The Life and Witness of Peter, forthcoming from Larry R. Helyer: http://ivpr.es/NUGO3I.  Helyer embarks on a comprehensive study of a much-neglected figure in New Testament studies in this single-volume treatment of the Apostle Peter.

I don’t want to seem a Debbie Downer and perhaps the book will have loads of info unknown heretofore.  But we can scarcely know anything at all about the historical Jesus (and truth told, absolutely nothing that isn’t filtered through a theological sieve).  What hope can there be that we can uncover the ‘life’ of Peter?

Maybe Helyer has the answers.

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  1. Funny how you wait centuries for studies on the Apostle Peter and three come at once. You have also had Markus Bockmuehl’ “Simon Peter in Scripture and Memory: The New Testament Apostle in the Early Church” just published, and two years ago Martin Hengel’s “Saint Peter: The Underestimated Apostle”.

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