Lloyd Alexander Lewis Jr.

The Letters of an Unexpected Mystic

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Using the tools of biblical exegesis and artistic analysis, Flanagan considers evidence found in the Gospels (including Acts) and the Petrine letters to posit a portrait of Peter as much more than an illiterate fisherman. Rather, he discovers the complex character of the apostle whose inward transformation manifests itself in a call to moral action in the life of Peter and the reader.”