Journal: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
Volume: JETS 25:1 (Mar 1982)
Article: A 1 Peter Bibliography
Author: Dennis Sylva

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A 1 Peter Bibliography

Dennis Sylva*

Critical and comprehensive bibliographies are one of the primary resources for scholars in their attempt to advance their fields of study. They bring together the relevant literature from a variety of places. The works of W. Lyons and M. Parvis, B. Metzger, A. J. Mattill and M. B. Mattill, and J. T. Forestell have greatly facilitated scholarly discussion on NT works.1 This work belongs to this NT bibliographical tradition. A detailed search has made this by far the most comprehensive bibliography on critical works on 1 Peter from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to yet appear. It is my hope that it will facilitate the study of this “exegetical stepchild.” The reader will note that a good number of the studies cited deal with the “Christ’s-descent-among-the-dead” idea found in I Pet 3:19–20; 4:6. This tradition is found in other NT and early Christian works. It is only the 1 Peter passages, however, that appear to offer hope of salvation to those who have died in their sins. For this reason the passage has occasioned a great deal of exegetical effort.

I. Books And Dissertations

Ambroggi, P. De. Le Epistole cattoliche. La Sacra Biblia 14, 1. Turin: Marietti, 1949.

Andrianopoli, L. Il mistero di Gesù nelle lettere di San Pietro. Turin: Societa editrice internazionale, 1935.

Arichea, D.C., and Nida, E. A. A Translator’s Handbook on the First Letter from Peter. Helps for Translators. New York/London/Stuttgart: United Bible Societies, 1980.

Augusti, J. C. W. Die katholischen Briefe, neu übersetzt und erklärt mit Excursen und einleitenden Abhandlungen herausgegeben. Lemgo: Meyer, 1801–08.

Balz, H., and Schrage, W. Die “katholischen” Briefe. Die Briefe des Jakobus, Petrus, Johannes und Judas. 11th ed. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 1973.

Barclay, W. The Letters of James and Peter. Translated with an Introduction and Interpretation. Daily Study Bible. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1976.

Barnes, A. Notes on the New Testament, Explanatory and Practical—James, Peter, John and Jude. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1951.

*Dennis Sylva is a doctoral candidate in Biblical studies at Marquette University in Milwaukee.

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