New Testament scholars have long questioned 1 Peter's structural and content unity.
Furthermore, scholars divide over the existence of the so-called imperatival participle, both in general and within Peter's first epistle.
Ervin Starwalt utilizes a full top-down and bottom-up discourse analysis methodology to provide a solution to both problems.
Starwalt first demonstrates the coherence of the overall discourse, which involves Peter slowly constructing his argument around the need for h.
Fontes Press A discourse analysis of 1 peter, hardcover/ervin ray starwalt
