communities of Asia Minor. Before discussing that topic, however, it is necessary to focus on an interesting feature of the author’s strategy. The key to the strategy of 1 Peter is to be found in its image of Jesus and its use of the themes of suffering and glory. The writer has inherited from the early community a traditional exaltation christology, developed on the binary kerygmatic pattern of death/resurrection (1:21; 3:18b). Early Christian believers focused on Jesus’ death and his vindication