I & II Peter
Verse-by-Verse Commentaries:
Paul J. Achtemeier, 1 Peter (Hermeneia), Fortress,
1996.
M. Eugene Boring, 1 Peter, Abingdon Press, 1999.
John H. Elliott, First Peter:
A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (Anchor Bible, 37), Doubleday, 2001.
Leonhard Goppelt, A Commentary on 1
Peter, Eerdmans, 1993. ****1/2
J. Ramsey Michaels, 1 Peter, (Word Biblical
Commentary, 49), Word Books, 1988.
Peter Davids, 1st Peter (NICNT), Eerdmans, 1990.
Monographs, Compilations, and Studies:
Steven R. Bechtler, Following in His Steps: Suffering,
Community, and Christology in 1 Peter (SBL Dissertation
Series, 162), Scholars
____ Press, 1998.
J. Daryl Charles, Virtue Amidst Vice: The
Catalog of Virtues in 2 Peter 1 (JSNT Supplement 150),
Sheffield Academic, 1997.
Edmund Clowney, The Message of 1
Peter: The Way of the Cross (The Bible Speaks Today), Inter
Varsity, 1989. ****1/2
Dan G. McCartney, The Use of the Old
Testament in the First Epistle of Peter, Westminster
Theological Seminary Dissertation, 1989.
Sharon Clark Pearson, The Christological and
Rhetorical Properties of 1 Peter (Studies in Bible and Early
Christianity, 45), Edwin Mellen
____ Press, 2001.
Duane F. Watson, Invention, Arrangement, and Style:
Rhetorical Criticism of Jude and 2 Peter (SBL Dissertation,
104), Scholars Press,
____ 1988.
Articles and Essays:
J. Daryl Charles, "The Language and Logic of Virtue in 2
Peter 1:57," Bulletin for Biblical Research 8
(1998): 55-73.
Floyd V. Filson, "Partakers with Christ. Suffering in First
Peter," Interpretation 9 (1955): 400-412.
Dennis E. Johnson, "Fire in Gods House: Imagery from
Malachi 3 in Peters Theology of Suffering (1 Pet 4:12-19),"
JETS 29 (1986):
____ 285-294.
John Makujina, "The Trouble With Lot In 2 Peter:
Locating Peters Source For Lots Torment," WTJ
60 (1998): 255-269.
Troy W. Martin, "The Present Indicative in the
Eschatological Statements of1 Pet 1:6, 8," JBL 111
(1992): 307-312.
Douglas A. Oss, "The Interpretation of the 'Stone' Passages
by Peter and Paul: A Comparative Study," JETS 32 (1989):
181-200.
John Proctor, "Fire In Gods House: Influence of
Malachi 3 in the NT," JETS 36 (1993): 9-14.
John W. Pryor, 1 Peter and the New Covenant," Reformed
Theological Review 1 (1986): 1-3; 2 (1986): 44-50. (two
parts)
E. G. Selwyn, "Eschatology in I Peter" in The
Background of the New Testament and Its Eschatology,
Cambridge University Press,
____ 1964, 374401.
John Sherwood, "The Only Sure Word," Master's
Seminary Journal 7 (1996): 53
John H. Skilton, "A Glance At
Some Old Problems in First Peter," WTJ 58 (1996): 1-10.
Philip L. Tite, "The Compositional Function Of The Petrine
Prescript: A Look At 1 Pet 1:1-3," JETS 39 (1996):
47-56.
Geerhardus Vos, "The
Christian's Hope (1 Pet 1:3-5)" in Grace and Glory,
Banner of Truth, 1994:139-154.
Al Wolters, " 'Partners of the Deity' : A Covenantal Reading
of 2 Peter 1:4," Calvin Theological Journal 25 (1990):
28-44.
More Commentaries:
David L. Bartlett, "1 Peter" in The New
Interpreter's Bible, vol. XII, Abingdon,
1998.
Ernest Best, 1 Peter (New Century), Eerdmans, 1982.
C. E. B. Cranfield, The First Epistle of Peter, SCM,
1950.
Paul E. Detering, "Exodus Motifs in 1 Peter," Concordia
Journal 7.2 (1981): .
Wayne Grudem, 1 Peter (Tyndale),
Eerdmans, 1988.
J. N. D. Kelly, A Commentary on the Epistles of Peter
and Jude, Baker, 1981.
Stephen W. Paine, "I and II Peter" in The
Wycliffe Bible Commentary, The Southwestern Company, 1968:
1441-1462.
Robert Mounce, A Living Hope: A Commentary on 1 & 2 Peter,
Eerdmans, 1982.
Paige Patterson, A Pilgrim Priesthood, An Exposition
of the First Epistle of Peter, Thomas Nelson, 1982.
Duane F. Watson, "2 Peter" in The New
Interpreter's Bible, vol. XII, Abingdon,
1998.
More Monographs:
William J. Dalton, Christs Proclamation to the
Spirits: A Study of 1 Peter 3:184:6 (Analecta Biblica,
23), Biblical Institute, 1965.
Earl J. Richard, Reading 1 Peter, Jude, And 2 Peter : A
Literary And Theological Commentary (Reading The New
Testament Series),
____ Smyth & Helwys, 2000.
Troy W. Martin, Metaphor and Composition in 1 Peter (SBL
Dissertation, 131), Scholars Press, 1992.
William Schutter, Hermeneutic and Composition in 1 Peter
(WUNT second series, 30), J. C. B. Mohr, 1989.
John I. Snyder, The Promise of His Coming: The Eschatology of
2 Peter, Western Press, 1986.
Charles Talbert, Perspectives on First Peter (NABPR
Special Studies Series, 9), Mercer, 1986.
More Articles:
Richard J. Bauckham, "James, 1 and 2 Peter, Jude,"
in It is Written: Scripture Citing Scripture: Essays in
Honour of Barnabas Lindars,
____ (ed. D. A. Carson and H. G. M.
Williamson), Cambridge University Press, 1988: 303317.
Ernest Best, "Spiritual Sacrifice. General Priesthood in the
New Testament." Interpretation14 (1960): 273- 299.
________ "1 Peter and the Gospel Tradition." NTS
16 (1969): 95113.
O. S. Brooks, "1 Peter 3:21The Clue to the Literary
Structure of the Epistle." Novum Testamentum 16 (1974):
290-305.
H. J. Bernard Combrink, "The Structure of 1 Peter." Neotestamentica
9 (1975): 34-63.
Wayne Grudem, "Christ Preaching through Noah: 1 Peter 19-20
in Light of the Dominant Themes in Jewish Literature," Trinity
Journal 7
____ (1986): 3-31.
Robert Gundry, Verba Christi in 1 Peter: Their Implications
Concerning the Authorship of 1 Peter and the Authenticity of the
Gospel
____ Tradition." NTS
13 (1967): 336350.
________ "Further Verba on Verba Christi in First Peter."
Biblica 55 (1974): 211-232.
Randy Hall, "For to This You Have Been Called: The Cross and
Suffering in 1 Peter." Restoration Quartarly 19 (1976):
137-147.
C. Norman Hillyer, "First Peter and the Feast of Tabernacles."
Tyndale Bulletin 21 (1970): 39-70.
________ " 'Rock-Stone' Imagery in I Peter." Tyndale
Bulletin 22 (1971): 58-81.
Frederick Howe, "Christ the Building Stone in Peter's
Theology," BSac 157 (2000): 35-43.
________ "The Cross of Christ in Peter's Theology," BSac
157 (2000): 190-199.
Jerome H. Neyrey, "The Form and Background of the Polemic in
2 Peter," JBL 99 (1980): 407-431.
J. R. Ramsey, "Eschatology in 1 Peter 3:17," NTS
13 (1967): 394401.
B. Russell, "Eschatology and Ethics in 1 Peter." Evangelical
Quarterly 47 (1975): 78-84.
James R. Slaughter, "The Importance of Literary Argument for
Understanding 1 Peter," BSac 152 (1995): 72-91.
Philip L. Tite, "The Compositional Function of the Petrine
Prescript: A Look at 1 Pet 1:1-3," JETS 39 (1996):
47-56.
Introduction:
Dennis Sylva, "1 Peter Studies: The State of the Discipline," Biblical Theology Bulletin 10 (1980): 155-163.
Other:
John H. Elliott, The Elect and the Holy: An Exegetical
Examination of 1 Peter 2:410 and the
Phrase Basileion Hierateuma
____ (Novum Testamentum Supplement,
12) E. J. Brill, 1966.
________ A Home for the Homeless. A Sociological Exegesis of
1 Peter, Its Situation and Strategy, Fortress, 1981.
Not Yet Reviewed:
James M. Starr, Shares in Divine Nature:2
Peter 1:4 in Its Hellenistic Context (Coniectanea Biblica:
New Testament Series, 33),
____ Almqvist
& Wiksell, 2000.