For Further Reading

Commentaries

Barclay, W. The Letters of James and Peter. Rev. ed. DSB. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1975.

———. The Letters of John and Jude. Rev. ed. DSB. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1975.

Bauckham, R. J. Jude, 2 Peter. WBC 50. Waco: Word, 1983.

Beare, F. W. The First Epistle of Peter. Oxford: Blackwell, 3rd ed., 1970.

Best, E. 1 Peter. NCB. London: Oliphants, 1971.

Bigg, C. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles of St Peter and St Jude. ICC. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1901.

Calvin, J. Commentaries on the Catholic Epistles: The Epistle of Jude; The First Epistle of Peter; The Second Epistle of Peter. Ed. and trans. by J. Owen. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1948.

Cranfield, C. E. B. 1 and 2 Peter and Jude. TBC. London: SCM Press, 1960.

Green, E. M. B. The Second Epistle General of Peter and the General Epistle of Jude. TNTC. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1968.

Grudem, W. 1 Peter. TNTC. Leicester: InterVarsity Press/Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1988.

Kelly, J. N. D. A Commentary on the Epistles of Peter and Jude. ThC. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1981.

Leighton, R. (d. 1684). A Practical Commentary upon the First Epistle of St Peter, 2 vols. London: SPCK, n.d.; reprint Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1972.

Lenski, R. C. H. The Interpretation of the Epistles of St Peter, St John and St Jude. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1966.

Marshall, I. H. 1 Peter. Leicester/Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1991.

Mayor, J. B. The Epistle of St Jude and the Second Epistle of St Peter. London: Macmillan, 1907; reprint Grand Rapids: Baker, 1965.

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

Moffatt, J. The General Epistles: James, Peter and Judas. MNTC. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1928.

Mounce, R. H. A Living Hope: A Commentary on 1 and 2 Peter. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1982.

Plumptre, E. H. The General Epistles of St Peter and St Jude. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1892.

Selwyn, E. G. The First Epistle of St Peter: The Greek Text with Introduction, Notes, and Essays. London: Macmillan, 1949.

Stibbs, A. M., and A. F. Walls. The First Epistle General of Peter. TNTC. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1960.

Wand, J. W. C. The General Epistles of St Peter and St Jude. WC. London: Methuen, 1934.

Studies

Brown, R. E., K. P. Donfried, and J. Reumann (eds.). Peter in the New Testament. Minneapolis: Augsburg/New York: Paulist Press, 1973.

Clowney, E. P. The Message of 1 Peter. Leicester/Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1988.

Cross, F. L. 1 Peter, A Paschal Liturgy. London: Mowbray, 1970.

Cullmann, O. Peter: Disciple, Apostle, Martyr. London: SCM Press, 1953.

Dalton, W. J. Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits: A Study of 1 Peter 3:18–4:16. Analecta Biblica 23. Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute, 1964.

Daube, D. “Participle and Imperative in 1 Peter.” In The First Epistle of Peter. Edited by E. G. Selwyn. Pages 467–88. London: Macmillan, 1947.

Detzler, W. Living Words in 1 Peter. Welwyn: Evangelical Press, 1982.

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

Green, E. M. B. 2 Peter Reconsidered. London: Tyndale Press, 1961.

Green, G. L. “The Use of the Old Testament for Christian Ethics in 1 Peter.” TynB 41 (2, 1990), pp. 276–89.

Gundry, R. H. “ ‘Verba Christi’ in 1 Peter: Their Implications Concerning the Authorship of 1 Peter and the Authenticity of the Gospel Tradition.” NTS 13 (1966–67), pp. 336–50.

Harland, J. B. “Sodom and Gomorrah.” Biblical Archaeologist 5 (2, 1942), pp. 17–32; 6 (3, 1943), pp. 41–52.

Hemer, C. J. “The Address of 1 Peter.” ExpT 89 (1977–78), pp. 239–43.

Hillyer, N. “First Peter and the Feast of Tabernacles.” TynB 21 (1970), pp. 39–70.

———. “Rock-Stone Imagery in 1 Peter.” TynB 22 (1971), pp. 58–81.

Johnson, S. E. “The Preaching to the Dead (1 Peter 3.18–22).”JBL 79 (1960), pp. 48–51.

Leaney, A. R. C. “1 Peter and the Passover: An Interpretation.” NTS 10 (1963–64), pp. 238–51.

Moule, C. F. D. “The Nature and Purpose of 1 Peter.” NTS 3 (1956–57), pp. 1–11.

———. “Some Reflections on the Stone-Testimonia in Relation to the Name Peter.” NTS 2 (1955–56), pp. 56–59.

Nestle, E. ExpT 10 (1898–99), pp. 188–89.

Neyrey, J. H. “The Form and Background of the Polemic in 2 Peter.” JBL 99, (1980), pp. 407–31.

Reicke, Bo. The Disobedient Spirits and Christian Baptism. Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1946.

Selwyn, E. G. “Eschatology in 1 Peter.” In The Background of the New Testament and its Eschatology. Edited by W. D. Davies and D. Daube. Pages 394–401. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1956.

Thiede, C. P. Simon Peter: From Galilee to Rome. Exeter: Paternoster Press, 1986.

Thornton, T. C. G. “1 Peter, a Paschal Liturgy?” JTS 12 (1961), pp. 14–26.

van Unnik, W. C. “Christianity According to 1 Peter.” ExpT 68 (1956–57), pp. 79–83.

———. In Neotestamentica et Semitica. Edited by E. E. Ellis and M. Wilcox. Pages 129–42. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1969.

———. “The Teaching of Good Works in 1 Peter.” NTS 1 (1954–55), pp. 92–110.

Wuest, K. S. First Peter in the Greek New Testament for the English Reader. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1942; reprint 1983.

———. In These Last Days: Studies in the Greek Text of II Peter; I, II, III John; and Jude. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1954.

Other Helpful Books

Bengel, J. A. Gnomen of the New Testament. 5 vols. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1858.

Bishop, E. F. F. Apostles of Palestine: The Local Background of the New Testament Church. London: Lutterworth Press, 1958.

Brown, C. (ed.). The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology. 4 vols. Exeter: Paternoster Press/Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1976–86.

Bruce, F. F. Biblical Exegesis in the Qumran Texts. London: Tyndale Press, 1960.

Cullmann, O. The Early Church. London: SCM Press, 1956.

Daube, D. The Exodus Pattern in the Bible. London: Faber & Faber, 1963.

———. The New Testament and Rabbinic Judaism. New York: Arno Press, 1973.

Davies, W. D. Paul and Rabbinic Judaism. London: SPCK, 1955.

Deissmann, G. A. Bible Studies. 2d ed. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1909.

Derrett, J. D. M. Law in the New Testament. London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1970.

Dodd, C. H. According to the Scriptures. London: Nisbet, 1952.

Dunn, J. D. G. Jesus and the Spirit. London: SCM Press, 1975.

Edersheim, A. The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah. 2 vols. London: Longmans, Green, 1900.

———. Sketches of Jewish Social Life in the Time of Christ. London: Religious Tract Society, 1876.

———. The Temple, its Ministry and Services. London: Religious Tract Society, 1874.

Ellis, E. E. Paul’s Use of the Old Testament. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1957.

Guthrie, D. New Testament Introduction. 4th ed. Leicester/Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1990.

———. New Testament Theology. Leicester/Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1981.

Hemer, C. J. The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia in their Local Setting. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1986.

Horsley, G. H. R. New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity. 5 vols. Ryde, NSW: Macquarie University, 1981–90.

Jeremias, J. The Central Message of the New Testament. London: SCM Press, 1965.

Longenecker, R. N. The Christology of Early Jewish Christianity. London: SCM Press, 1970.

Marshall, I. H. (ed.). New Testament Interpretation. Exeter: Paternoster Press, 1977.

Metzger, B. M. A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament. 3d ed. New York/London: United Bible Societies, 1971.

Moore, G. F. Judaism, 3 vols. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1927.

Morris, L. The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross. 3d ed. London: Tyndale Press, 1965.

Moule, C. F. D. The Birth of the New Testament. London: A. & C. Black, 1966.

———. An Idiom-Book of New Testament Greek. Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, 1953.

———. Worship in the New Testament. London: Lutterworth Press, 1961.

Ramsay, W. M. The Church in the Roman Empire before A.D. 70. 5th ed. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1897.

Robinson, J. A. T. Redating the New Testament. London: SCM Press, 1976.

Smith, G. A. The Historical Geography of the Holy Land. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1931

Stibbs, A. M. The Meaning of the Word “Blood” in Scripture. London: InterVarsity Press, 1947.

Turner, N. Christian Words. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1980.

Vermes, G. The Dead Sea Scrolls in English. 3d ed. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1987.