Index of Subjects

This index does not include most of the topics that may be found simply by turning to commentary on the passages where these topics predominate.

abolitionism,

abridgement,

alliteration, ,

angels, fallen,

antithesis, , , , ,

ascension accounts in antiquity,

Asianic rhetoric, ,

asyndeton,

authorship of 1 Peter,

baptism

in antiquity,

in 1 Peter, ,

baptismal homily,

benefaction, , , , , ,

boasting, , , See also honor: in antiquity

brevity,

charismata, spiritual gifts, . See also prophetic speech

chiasm,

civic duties, civic management, ,

conciseness. See brevity

consecration. See holiness/sanctification

conversion, ,

corruption,

date of 1 Peter,

deliberative rhetoric,

Domitian,

drunkenness and sobriety in ancient moral discourse, , ,

education, , , , ,

elders, ecclesiastical, ,

epideictic rhetoric,

epiphonemes,

episkopoi. See overseers

epistolary criticism, ,

epitrochasmos,

ēthos,

fatherhood of God in ancient thought,

fear of the other in antiquity,

feminine weakness in ancient male thought,

1 Peter

authorship of,

date of,

provenance of,

structure of,

unity of,

forensic rhetoric,

freedom, moral. See providence, fate, and predestination in antiquity

freedom and slavery, ancient images of,

gender roles in antiquity,

glory, , , , , , . See also honor: in antiquity

greed in ancient moral discourse,

Haustafeln. See household codes

holiness/sanctification, 111–12, , ,

honor

in antiquity, , , , , , , , , ,

in families, , , , ,