1 NT 640 (Urban) Exegesis of First Peter (Boston Campus) - Gordon ...

Class Schedule
Week 1: A. Why is I Peter worth studying?
(Sept. 11) Go over class syllabus - readings, requirements,.
Week 2:
How to do historical and character studies.
B. Review how to do exegesis paper.
Assignments for next class:
1. Do historical context study of I Peter.
2. Read Mark or John, Acts 1-6:7; 8-13:3; 15; 16:6-8; 21:8-40; Gal. 1-
2; I Cor. 1-3, 9, 15. Keep notes on Peter and his spiritual
development. Reread 1, 2 Peter at the end.
3. Translate I Peter 1:1-12. Prepare for quiz. Do a sentence flow of
1:3-9.
4. Read Acts of Peter ch. 9 (30-41); Tacitus, Annals 15, 37-47;
Eusebius, Church History 2, 25.
5. Optional: read ch. 18 on pseudonymity in New Testament
Criticism.
(Sept. 18) A. Who Wrote I Peter?
Week 3:
B. Quiz on I Peter 1:1-12. Class translation. Review sentence flow.
Assignments:
1. Translate I Peter 1:13-25.
2. Read Oppian's Halieutica III; IV. 172-241, 635-45 and skim read
James Fowler, Stages of Faith, part IV.
(Sept. 25) A. How did Peter Spiritually Develop? What was a fisher's life?
B. Class translation of I Peter 1:13-25.
Assignments:
1. Do a character study and outline of I Peter (keep a copy for next
week in class).
2. Translate I Peter 2:1-10. Write down all similes and metaphors.
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