Biblical historians have many different opinions on who is responsible for the authorship of the New Testament writings. Concentrating on 1 and 2 Peter, their different conclusions can be analyzed. Scholars approach the study of authorship by carefully going over the writings themselves. They discover the how, when, why, who, and where of the writings. Each New Testament scholar has come to their own conclusion of the authorship of 1 and 2 Peter through this. Their different views of …showed first 75 words of 1562 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1562 total…the author. 2 Peter's author could have been Peter but more evidence points to an unknown author. Bibliography Beasley, James R., et al. An Introduction to the Bible. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1991. The Anchor Bible Series: The Epistles of James, Peter, and Luke. New York, New York: Doubleday, 1964. The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible. Nashville: Abingdon, 1962. The Interpreter's Bible: The Holy Scriptures Volume 12. New York: Abingdon Press, 1957. The New Oxford Annotated Bible. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.