Travis B. Williams is associate professor of religion at Tusculum University. He is the author of Persecution in 1 Peter: Differentiating and Contextualizing Early Christian Suffering (2012) and Good Works in 1 Peter: Negotiating Social Conflict and Christian Identity in the Greco-Roman World (2014).

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1. Introduction
Part I. Methodological Considerations: 2. A theoretical approach toward history
3. A mnemonic approach toward history
Part II. The Circumstances of Memory: 4. Dating the teacher and the sources
5. The availability of memory carriers
6. Memory and the impact of sources materials
7. The teacher of righteousness in ancient media
Part III. The Processes of Memory: 8. The cognitive origins of memory: scripturalizing the life of the teacher
9. From cognitive perceptions to community traditions: the formation of collective memory
10. Tracing the development of memory: the transmission of the teacher tradition
11. Evaluating the potential for change: the malleability and persistence of the teacher tradition
Appendix 1: the historical value of attributed authorship
Appendix 2: the life of the teacher as an interpretive frame
Appendix 3: the instructions of the teacher.

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