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Bibliography: 1 Peter

Overview

Boring, M. Eugene. 1 Peter. ANTC. Nashville: Abingdon, 1999.

Chester, Andrew, and Ralph P. Martin. The Theology of James, Peter, and Jude. NTT. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Craddock, Fred B. First and Second Peter and Jude. WestBC. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1995.

Donelson, Lewis R. From Hebrews to Revelation: A Theological Introduction. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001.

Green, Joel B. 1 Peter. THNTC. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007.

Harner, Philip B. What Are They Saying about the Catholic Epistles? Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2004.

Michaels, J. Ramsey. Word Biblical Themes: 1 Peter. Dallas: Word, 1989.

Richard, Earl J. Reading 1 Peter, Jude, and 2 Peter: A Literary and Theological Commentary. RNTS. Macon, GA: Smyth & Helwys, 2000.

Critical Commentaries

Achtemeier, Paul J. 1 Peter. Hermeneia. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1996.

Beare, Francis W. The First Epistle of Peter. 3rd ed. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1971.

Davids, Peter H. 1 Peter. NICNT. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990.

Elliott, John H. 1 Peter. AB 37B. New York: Doubleday, 2000.

Goppelt, Leonhard. A Commentary on 1 Peter. Translated and augmented by John E. Alsup. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993.

Jobes, Karen. 1 Peter. BECNT. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2005.

Kelley, J. N. D. A Commentary on the Epistles of Peter and Jude. HNTC. New York: Harper & Row, 1969.

Michaels, J. Ramsey. 1 Peter. WBC 49. Waco: Word, 1988.

Selwyn, E. G. The First Epistle of St. Peter. 2nd ed. TC. 1947. Reprint, Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 1981.

Senior, Donald, and Daniel J. Harrington. 1 Peter, Jude, and 2 Peter. SP 15. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2003.

The Apostle Peter

Brown, Raymond E., Karl P. Donfried, and John Reumann, eds. Peter in the New Testament: A Collaborative Assessment by Protestant and Roman Catholic Scholars. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1973.

Lapham, Fred. Peter: The Myth, the Man, and the Writings; A Study of Early Petrine Text and Traditions. JSNTSup 239. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000.

Perkins, Pheme. Peter: Apostle for the Whole Church. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1994.

Peter’s Presence and Influence in Rome

O’Connor, D. W. Peter in Rome. New York: Columbia University Press, 1969.

Smith, T. V. Petrine Controversies in Early Christianity: Attitudes toward Peter in Christian Writings of the First Two Centuries, 33–34. WUNT 2/5. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1985.

The Genre of 1 Peter as Parenesis

Thurén, Lauri. Argument and Theology in 1 Peter: The Origins of Christian Paraenesis. JSNTSup 114. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995.

Social Conditions of the Audience

Elliott, John H. A Home for the Homeless: A Sociological Exegesis of 1 Peter. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1981.

Seland, Torrey. Strangers in the Light: Philonic Perspectives on Christian Identity in 1 Peter. BIS 76. Leiden: Brill, 2005. [Uses the writings of Philo of Alexandria as a guide.]

Suffering

Bechtler, Stephen Richard. Following in His Steps: Suffering, Community, and Christology in 1 Peter. SBLDS 162. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998.

Honor and Shame

Campbell, Barth L. Honor, Shame, and the Rhetoric of 1 Peter. SBLDS 160. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998.

Elliott, John H. Conflict, Community, and Honor: 1 Peter in Social-Scientific Perspective. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2007.

Royal Priesthood

Elliott, John H. The Elect and the Holy: An Exegetical Examination of 1 Peter 2:4–10 and the Phrase basileion hierateuma. NovTSup 12. Leiden: Brill, 1966.

The Use of Scripture

Pearson, Sharon Clark. The Christological and Rhetorical Properties of 1 Peter. SBEC 45. Lewiston, NY: Mellen, 2001.

Schutter, William L. Hermeneutic and Composition in 1 Peter. WUNT 2/30. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1989.

Metaphor of “Dispersion”

Martin, T. W. Metaphor and Composition in 1 Peter. SBLDS 131. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1992.

“Temple” and “Exile” Imagery

Mbuvi, Andrew M. Temple, Exile, and Identity in 1 Peter. LNTS 345. New York: T&T Clark, 2007.

The Household Code

Balch, David L. Let Wives Be Submissive: The Domestic Code in 1 Peter. SBLMS 26. Chico, CA: Scholars Press, 1981.

Baptism and Liturgy

Cross, F. L. 1 Peter: A Paschal Liturgy. London: Mowbray, 1954.

The Descent into Hell

Dalton, William Joseph. Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits: A Study of 1 Peter 3:18–4:6. 2nd ed. AnBib 23. Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1989.

Reicke, Bo. The Disobedient Spirits and Christian Baptism: A Study of 1 Peter III.19. ASNU 13. Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1946.

Other Academic Studies

Howe, Bonnie. Because You Bear This Name: Conceptual Metaphor and the Moral Meaning of 1 Peter. BIS 81. Leiden: Brill, 2006.

Talbert, Charles H. Perspectives on First Peter. Macon, GA: Mercer, 1986.

Webb, Robert L., and Betsy Bauman-Martin, eds. Reading First Peter with New Eyes: Methodological Reassessments of the Letter of First Peter. LNTS 364. London: T&T Clark, 2007.