This book is major critical study on the Gospel of Peter. It introduces and advances the major debates surround this text, it offers a fresh scholarly edition of the Greek text with text-critical notes, and it presents a comprehensive commentary on the text.

Paul Foster is Senior Lecturer in New Testament Language, Literature and Theology at the University of Edinburgh. His previous publications include a study of the Matthean community, Community, Law and Mission in Matthew's Gospel (Mohr Siebeck, 2005), a range of publications on the non-canonical Gospels including The Apocryphal Gospels - A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2009) and The Non Canonical Gospels (Continuum, 2008).