God-Talk; Toward a Feminist Vieology (Boston: Beacon Press, 1983. An Inclusive Language Lectionary Philadelphia: <strong>The</strong> Westminster Press, 1983. Jiirgen Moltmann, "I Believe in God the Father: Patriarchal or Non-Patriarchal Reference to God?*' Drew Gateway 59 [Spring 19901; M. Eugene Boring, "John 5:19-24,'* Interpretation Vol. XLV, No. 2 (April 1991); and Alvin F. Kimal, <strong>Jr</strong>., Speaking the Christian God: <strong>The</strong> Holy Trinity and the Challenge <strong>of</strong> Feminism (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1992). 14. Cf. especially John H. Elliott, A Home for the Homeless: A Sociological Exegesis <strong>of</strong> 1 Peter, Its Situation and Strategy (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1981). 15. Col. 3:18-4:1; Eph. 5:21-6:9; Titus 2:1-10; 1 Tim. 2-3; 1 Clement 1:3; 21:6-9; 38:2ff. Polycarp to Philippians 4:1-6:1; Didache 4:9-11; Barnabas 19:5-7. 16. For a much more nuanced discussion than presented here, see David Balch, "Hellenization/Acculturation in 1 Peter," and John H. Elliott, **1 Peter, Its Situation and Strategy: A Discussion with David Balch,'* in Charles H. Talbert, ed., Perspectives on First Peter. Special Studies Series, No. 9 (Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1986) 61-102. 17. Cf. Martin Luther's "<strong>The</strong> Freedom <strong>of</strong> a Christian," in John Dillenberger, ed. Martin Luther; Selections from His Writings (Garden City, NY: Anchor Books/ Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1961), 43: "A Christian is perfectly free Lord <strong>of</strong> all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant <strong>of</strong> all, subject to all." More recently, cf. Karl Barth's "Letter to a Pastor in the German Democratic Republic,'* in How to Serve God in a Marxist Land (New York: Association Press, 1959). 18. "Righteous** and "unrighteous" may sound too biblically quaint in many modern ears, including the preacher's, until it is remembered that dikaiosune may also be translated as "justice." 19. So e.g., Paul J, Achtemeier, "1 Peter," in James L. Mays, ed. Harper's Bible Commentary (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1988), 1283. 20. So e.g., W. J. Dalton, Oirist's Proclamation to the Spirits: A Study <strong>of</strong>l Peter 3:18-4:6, AnBib 23. Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1965), and "<strong>The</strong> First Epistle <strong>of</strong> Peter," in Raymond E. Brown, Joseph A. Fitzmyer, and Roland E. Murphy, eds., <strong>The</strong> New Jerome Biblical Commentary (Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1990). For Further Study Achtemeier, Paul J. 44 1 Peter," in James L. Mays, ed. Harper's Bible Commentary. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1988. Balch, David. L. Let Wives Be Submissive: <strong>The</strong> Domestic Code in 1 Peter, SBLMS 26. Chico: Scholars Press, 1981. Beare, Frank. W. <strong>The</strong> First Epistle <strong>of</strong> Peter, 3rd rev. ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 1970. Best, Ernest. 1 Peter. NCB. London: Oliphants, 1971. Brown, Raymond E., Karl P. Donfried, and John Reumann. Peter in the New Testament. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1973. no QUARTERLY REVIEW/SPRING 1993
Brox, Norbert. Der erste Petrusbrief EKKNT 21. Zurich: Benziger, 1979. Cullmann, Oscar. Peter: Disciple, Apostle, Martyr. New York: Meridian Books, 1958. Dalton, W. J. Christ's Proclamation to the Spirits: A Study <strong>of</strong>l Peter 3:18-4:6. AnBib 23. Rome: Biblical Institute, 1965. "<strong>The</strong> First Episde <strong>of</strong> Peter," in Raymond E. Brown, Joseph A. Fitzmyer, and Roland E. Murphy, eds. <strong>The</strong> New Jerome Biblical Commentary. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1990. Elliott, John H. A Home for the Homeless. A Sociological Exegesis <strong>of</strong> 1 Peter, Its Situation and Strategy. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1981. Goppelt, Leonhard. Der Erste Petrusbrief KEK 12/1. G6ttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1978. Talbert, Charles H., ed. Perspectives on First Peter (Special Studies Series, Number 9.) Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1986. Gives full bibliography to 1986. INTERPRETING 1 PETER AS A LETTER 111
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