Restored Order
Subordination and Freedom in 1 Peter
Summary
This investigation aims to clarify the meaning and relationship of the concepts of subordination and freedom in 1 Peter, with reference to the related idea of order. After an introduction that sets out the issues in detail, the first main section examines the three themes in the wider thought of the first century CE, and the second provides detailed exegesis of the key Petrine texts. A final chapter synthesizes this evidence and draws conclusions regarding the conceptuality of subordination and freedom expressed in the letter.
The study presents the idea of "restored order" as a new interpretive key to the teaching and paranesis of 1 Peter and the significant New Testament tradition to which it belongs. It clarifies the important Petrine concepts of subordination and freedom, with that of order, within the letter as a whole and its constituent parts, and it illuminates the exegesis of various disputed texts and passages. Scholars and research students of 1 Peter and the wider New Testament will find here a compelling proposal to stimulate and inform their own engagement with the text.
Excerpt
Table Of Contents
- Cover
- Advance praise
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Contents
- Series Editor’s Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Order, Subordination and Freedom in Greco-Roman Thought
- 3 Order, Subordination and Freedom in Early Jewish Thought
- 4 Order, Subordination and Freedom in Early Christian Thought
- 5 Subordination and Freedom in 1 Peter 2:13–17
- 6 Subordination in Other 1 Peter Texts
- 7 Freedom in Other 1 Peter Texts
- 8 Synthesis and Conclusions
- Appendix 1: ὑποτάσσω and ἐλεύθεροι/ἐλευθερία
- Appendix 2: Questions of Introduction
- Bibliography
- Index
- Series index
Series Editor’s Preface
More than ever the horizons in biblical literature are being expanded beyond that which is immediately imagined; important new methodological, theological, and hermeneutical directions are being explored, often resulting in significant contributions to the world of biblical scholarship. It is an exciting time for the academy as engagement in biblical studies continues to be heightened.
This series seeks to make available to scholars and institutions, scholarship of a high order, and which will make a significant contribution to the ongoing biblical discourse. This series includes established and innovative directions, covering general and particular areas in biblical study. For every volume considered for this series, we explore the question as to whether the study will push the horizons of biblical scholarship. The answer must be yes for inclusion.
In this well documented and cogently argued study Steve Carter explores and relates the relationship between subordination and freedom in 1 Peter. While a number of studies have been done on 1 Peter, Carter’s study provides a much more systematic argument including the refined definitions of subordination, freedom and order. While detailing the arguments of the already established studies on 1 Peter, Carter advances the very persuasive arguments that freedom and subordination are not antithetical, but in fact provide the necessary foundation for a divinely instituted restoration of order. Therefore, he argues, subordination ←vii | viii→is not designed to be a loss of freedom but the platform of freedom. Indeed, as the author pivots on 1 Peter 2:16, he notes that while this is a principal text that connects both subordination and freedom, with a number questions, a detailed and thorough examination has not been executed. This study provides such an exegetical and interpretive examination.
This excellent study is certain to generate ongoing discourse, particularly given the evidence of the way it is understood and attended to in communities of faith. For an understanding of the Petrine idea of order in both the household and society, this study will be an essential read. This study will certainly invite further conversation.
The horizon has been expanded.
Hemchand Gossai
Series Editor
Acknowledgments
This work originated as a PhD thesis written at Bristol Baptist College and submitted to the University of Aberdeen. Appreciation and thanks are due to the following:
Dr. Steve Finamore, primary supervisor, for careful oversight of the project, incisive questions and insightful comments, and encouragement at every stage.
Dr. Peter Hatton, secondary supervisor, for valuable help with the Jewish background sources reviewed in Chapter 3.
Dr. John Nolland and Dr. Larry Kreitzer, upgrade viva examiners, for helpful guidance.
Professor David Horrell and Dr. Jamie Davies, final viva examiners, for thorough and illuminating engagement with the content, and important suggestions for preparing the manuscript for publication.
Dr. Justin Stratis and the postgraduate research team at Trinity College Bristol, for stimulating conferences and seminars, and for practical help.
Dr. Michael Brealey, librarian at Bristol Baptist College, for positive and gracious responses to numerous requests for acquisitions; also Su Brown, librarian at Trinity College Bristol, and the staff of the Arts and Social Sciences Library of the University of Bristol and the Sir Duncan Rice Library of the University of Aberdeen, for help with books and articles.
←ix | x→The faculty, staff and students of Bristol Baptist College, for creating an environment so conducive to biblical research, and for valued support.
Dr. Hemchand Gossai, editor of Studies in Biblical Literature, for accepting this work for inclusion in the series, and Dr. Philip Dunshea and the team at Peter Lang Publishing, for excellent professional help in bringing it to publication.
Dorothy Mary Carter, a relative, whose legacy made possible the extended career break in which this project was undertaken.
Abbreviations
Primary Sources
Hebrew Bible
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Gn |
Ru |
Ezr |
Sg |
Jl |
Zep |
|
Ex |
1 Sm |
Neh |
Isa |
Am |
Hag |
|
Lv |
2 Sm |
Est |
Jer |
Ob |
Zec |
|
Nm |
1 Kgs |
Jb |
Lam |
Jon |
Mal |
|
Dt |
2 Kgs |
Ps/s |
Ez |
Mi | |
|
Jo |
1 Chr |
Prv |
Dn |
Na | |
|
Jgs |
2 Chr |
Eccl |
Hos |
Hb |
New Testament
|
Mt |
Rom |
Phil |
2 Tm |
1 Pt |
Jude |
|
Mk |
1 Cor |
Col |
Ti |
2 Pt |
Rv |
|
Lk |
2 Cor |
1 Thes |
Phlm |
1 Jn | |
|
Jn |
Gal |
2 Thes |
Heb |
2 Jn | |
|
Acts |
Eph |
1 Tm |
Jas |
3 Jn |
Apocrypha
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Tb |
Tobit |
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Jdt |
Judith |
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Rest of Est |
Additions to Esther |
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Ws |
Wisdom of Solomon |
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Sir |
Sirach |
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Bar |
Baruch |
|
S of III Ch |
Song of the Three Jews |
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1 Mc |
1 Maccabees |
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2 Mc |
2 Maccabees |
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3 Mc |
3 Maccabees |
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4 Ezr |
4 Ezra |
|
4 Mc |
4 Maccabees |
Pseudepigrapha
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Apoc. Abr. |
Apocalypse of Abraham |
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2 Bar. |
2 Baruch |
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1 Enoch |
1 Enoch |
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2 Enoch |
2 Enoch |
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Ep. Arist. |
Letter of Aristeas |
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Exag. |
Exagoge (of Ezekiel the Tragedian) |
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Jos. and As. |
Joseph and Asenath |
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Jub. |
Jubilees |
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Ps-Phoc. |
Pseudo-Phocylides |
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Pss. Sol. |
Psalms of Solomon |
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Sib. Or. |
Sibylline Oracles |
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T. Abr. |
Testament of Abraham |
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T. Jud. |
Testament of Judah |
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T. Levi |
Testament of Levi |
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T. Mos. |
Testament of Moses |
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T. Reub. |
Testament of Reuben |
Classical and Hellenistic Authors
Aristotle
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Eth. Nic. |
Nicomachean Ethics |
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Metaph. |
Metaphysics |
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Pol. |
Politics |
Arius Didymus
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Perip. Eth. |
Epitome of Peripatetic Ethics |
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Stoic Eth. |
Epitome of Stoic Ethics |
Bryson
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Econ. |
Management of the Estate |
Callicratidas
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Estate |
On the Happiness of the Estate |
Cicero
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Acad. |
Academics |
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De Fin. |
On Ends |
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De Leg. |
On the Laws |
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De. Rep. |
On the Republic |
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De Fato |
On Fate |
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Nat. Deor. |
On the Nature of the Gods |
Dio Chrysostom
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Disc. |
Discourses |
Diogenes Laertius
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Vit. |
Lives of Eminent Philosophers |
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
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Ant. Rom. |
Roman Antiquities |
Epictetus
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Disc. |
Discourses |
Hierocles
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Fath. |
On Duties: How to Conduct Oneself toward One’s Fatherland |
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Gods |
On Duties: How to Conduct Oneself toward the Gods |
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Hous. Manag. |
On Duties: Household Management |
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Marr. |
On Duties: On Marriage |
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Par. |
On Duties: How to Conduct Oneself toward One’s Parents |
Josephus
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Ag. Ap. |
Against Apion |
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Ant. |
Antiquities of the Jews |
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J.W. |
Jewish War |
Musonius Rufus
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Lect. |
Lectures & Sayings |
Philo
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Abr. |
On Abraham |
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Aet. Mund. |
On the Eternity of the World |
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Decal. |
On the Decalogue |
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Ebr. |
On Drunkenness |
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Flacc. |
Against Flaccus |
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Fug. |
On Flight and Finding |
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Heir |
Who is the Heir of Divine Things? |
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Jos. |
On Joseph |
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Leg. All. |
Allegorical Interpretation of Genesis 2 and 3 |
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Mos. |
On Moses |
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Omn. Prob. Lib. |
Every Good Man is Free |
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Op. Mund. |
On the Creation |
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Prelim. Stud. |
Preliminary Studies |
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Prv. |
On Providence |
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Quaest. in Ex. |
Questions on Exodus |
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Sacr. |
The Sacrifices of Abel and Cain |
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Somn. |
On Dreams |
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Spec. Leg. |
On the Special Laws |
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Vit. Cont. |
On the Contemplative Life |
Philodemus
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Prop. Manag. |
On Property Management |
Plato
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Leg. |
Laws |
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Polit. |
Statesman |
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Rep. |
Republic |
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Tim. |
Timaeus |
Plutarch
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Bride |
Advice to Bride and Groom |
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Delays |
On the Delays of the Divine Vengeance |
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Gener. |
On the Generation of the Soul in the Timaeus |
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Mor. Virt. |
On Moral Virtue |
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Prog. Virt. |
How a Man May Become Aware of His Progress in Virtue |
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State |
Precepts of Statecraft |
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Superst. |
Superstition |
Ps-Aristotle
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Mag. Mor. |
Great Ethics |
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Oec. |
The Management of Households |
Ps-Melissa
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Klear. |
Letter to Klearata |
Ps-Theano
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Eub. |
Letter to Eubule |
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Nikos. |
Letter to Nikostrate |
Seneca the Younger
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Ep. |
Epistles |
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Ep. Mor. |
Moral Essays |
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Nat. Quaest. |
Natural Questions |
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Vit. Beat. |
Details
- Pages
- XX, 318
- Publication Year
- 2021
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9781433192425
- ISBN (ePUB)
- 9781433192432
- ISBN (MOBI)
- 9781433192913
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9781433190438
- DOI
- 10.3726/b18913
- Open Access
- CC-BY
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2021 (December)
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Oxford, Wien, 2021. XX, 318 pp.
