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What Is Social-Scientific Criticism?
Guides to Biblical Scholarship. New Testament Series. Minneapolis:
Fortress, 1993. A Home for the Homeless: A Social-Scientific
Criticism of 1 Peter, Its Situation and Strategy. Second edition, with
a New Introduction. Minneapolis: Augsburg-Fortress, 1990.
(With Ralph A. Martin). James (Martin),
I-II Peter/Jude (Elliott). Augsburg Commentary on The New
Testament. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1982. A Home for The Homeless. A Sociological
Exegesis of 1 Peter, Its Situation and Strategy. Philadelphia:
Fortess, 1982. 1 Peter: Estrangement and Community.
Herald Biblical Booklets.
Chicago: Franciscan Herald, 1979. (With Bruce Vawter). Proclamation: Aids for
Interpreting The Lessons of The Church Year. Series A. Pentecost 3.
Philadelphia: Fortress, 1975. The Elect and The Holy. An Exegetical
Examination of 1 Peter 2:4-10 and the Phrase Basileion
Hierateuma. Suppplements to Novum Testamentum, 12. Graduate
Study VII of the Concordia Seminary School for Graduate Studies. Leiden:
Brill, 1966.
Doxology: God's People Called to Celebrate His
Glory. A Biblical Study of 1 Peter in 10 Parts. St. Louis: Lutheran
Laymen's League, 1966. The Christ-Life: Jesus Christ The Sacrament and
Sacramental Living. Chicago: Walther League, 1966. FOREIGN EDITIONS
& TRANSLATIONS Social-Scientific Criticism of the New
Testament. An Introduction. London: SPCK, 1995. [British ed. of
What Is Social Scientific Criticism?] Un hogar para los que no tienen patria ni
hogar. Estudio cr¡tico social de la Carta primera de Pedro y de su
situacion y estrategia. Constantino Ruiz-Garrido, trans. Estella
(Navarra): Verbo Divino, 1995. [Spanish ed. of A Home for the
Homeless, 2nd ed.] (With Ralph A. Martin). James; I-II
Peter/Jude. Barbara Luk (James) and Amy Chow (I-II Peter/Jude), trans.
Hong Kong: Taosheng, 1988. [Chinese ed.] Um lar para quem nao tem casa. Interpretacao
sociologica da primeira carta de Pedro. J. Rezende Costa, trans. Sao
Paulo, Brazil: Edicoes Paulinas, 1985. [Portugese ed. of A Home for the
Homeless, 1st ed.] A Home for The Homeless. A Socialogical
Exegesis of 1 Peter, Its Situation and Strategy. London: SCM, 1982.
[British ed.] WORKS
EDITED Volume editor: Jouette M. Bassler. 1 Timothy,
2 Timothy, Titus. Abingdon New Testament Commentaries. Nashville:
Abingdon, 1996. Guest editor: Social-Scientific Criticism of
the New Testament and Its Social World. Semeia 35. Decatur, GA:
Scholars, 1986.
ARTICLES IN
JOURNALS 
"Disgraced Yet Graced: The Gospel According to 1
Peter in the Key of Honor and Shame." Biblical Theology Bulletin
25 (1995):166-78. "The Epistle of James in Rhetorical and Social
Scientific Perspective: Holiness-Wholeness and Patterns of Replication."
Biblical Theology Bulletin 23 (1993):71-81. "Sorcery and Magic in the Revelation of John."
Listening. Journal of Religion and Culture 28/3
(1993):261-76. "The Evil Eye and the Sermon on the Mount:
Contours of a Pervasive Belief in Social Scientific Perspective."
Biblical Interpretation 2 (1994):51-84. "Matthew 20:1-15: A Parable of Invidious
Comparison and Evil Eye Accusation." Biblical Theology Bulletin 22
(1992):52-65. "Household & Meals vs. Temple Purity: Replication
Patterns in Luke-Acts." Biblical Theology Bulletin 21 (1991):102-8.
[Published also in Hervormde Theologiese Studies 47/2 (1991):386-99
as: "Household and Meals Versus the Temple Purity System: Patterns of
Replication in Luke-Acts."] "Paul, Galatians, and the Evil Eye." Currents
in Theology and Mission 17/4 (1990):262-73. "With the Bible Toward the Year 2000. Scriptural
Engagement as Barometer, Beacon, and Bellwether." In die Skriflig.
Tydskrif van die Gereformeerde Teologiese Vereniging 24/3
(1990):213-26. "The Fear of the Leer. The Evil Eye from the Bible
to Li'l Abner." Forum 4/4 (1988):42-71. "Patronage and Clientism in Early Christian
Society: A Short Reading Guide." Forum 3/4 (1987):39-48. "Salutation and Exhortation to Christain Behavior
(1 Peter 1:1-2:10)." Review and Expositor 79/3
(1982):415-25. "The Rehabilition of An Exegetical Step-Child: 1
Peter in Recent Research." Journal of Biblical Literature 95/2
(1976):243-54. "Ministry and Church Order in The New Testament: A
Traditio-Historical Analysis (1 P 5:1-5 plls.)." Catholic Biblical
Quarterly 32 (1970):367-91. "The Particularity of The Gospel: Good News for
Changing Times." Concordia Theological Monthly 40/6-7
(1969):369-78. "A Catholic Gospel: Reflections on `Early
Catholicism' in The New Testament." Catholic Biblical Quarterly
31 (1969):213-23. "Die Antithesen der Bergpredigt: Gesetz und
Eschatologie." Lutherische Rundschau 18/1 (1968):19-29. "Law and Eschatology: The Antithesis of the
`Sermon of The Mount.'" Lutheran World 51/1 (1968):16-24. "The Historical Jesus, The Kergymatic Christ, and
The Eschatological Community." Concordia Theological Monthly 37/8
(1966):470-91. ARTICLES IN
COLLECTIONS "The Jewish Messianic Movement: From Faction to
Sect." In Modelling Early Christianity: Social-scientific Studies of
the New Testament in its Context, 75-95. Philip F. Esler, ed. London:
Routledge, 1995. "Peter, First Epistle of." Anchor Bible
Dictionary 5:269-78. Ed. D. N. Freedman, ed. New York: Doubleday,
1992. "Peter, Second Epistle of." Anchor Bible
Dictionary 5:282-87. Ed. D. N. Freedman, ed. New York: Doubleday,
1992. "Temple versus Household in Luke-Acts: A Contrast
in Social Institutions." In The Social World of Luke-Acts, 211-40.
Ed. Jerome H. Neyrey. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1991. [Published also in
Hervormde Theologiese Studies 47/1 (1991) 88-120.] "With the Bible Toward the Year 2000. Scriptural
Engagement as Barometer, Beacon and Bellwether." In Theology Toward the
Third Millennium. Theological Issues for the Twenty-first Century,
23-40. David G. Schultenover, ed. Toronto Studies in Theology, 56. A Joint
Publication of the Center for the Study of Religion and Society, Creighton
University and the Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, NY, 1991. "The Evil Eye in the First Testament: The Ecology
and Culture of a Pervasive Belief." In The Bible and the Politics of
Exegesis. Essays in Honor of Norman K. Gottwald on His Sixty-Fifth
Birthday, 147-59. David Jobling, et al., eds. Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim,
1991. "1 Peter, Its Situation and Strategy: A Discussion
with David Balch." In Perspectives on First Peter, 61-78. Charles
H. Talbert, ed. National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion
Special Studies Series, 9. Macon, Ga: Mercer Univ. Press, 1986. "Social-Scientific Criticism of the New Testament
and Its Social World: More on Method and Models." In Social-Scientific
Criticism and the New Testament and Its Social World, 1-33.
Semeia 35. J. H. Elliott, ed. Decatur, GA: Scholars,
1986. "The Rehabilitation of an Exegetical Step-Child: 1
Peter in Recent Research." Perspectives on First Peter, 3-16.
Charles H. Talbert, ed. National Association of Baptist Professors of
Religion Special Studies Series, 9. Macon, Ga: Mercer Univ. Press, 1986.
[Reprinted from Journal of Biblical Literature (1976)] "Backward and Foreward 'In His Steps': Following
Jesus from Rome to Raymond and Beyond. The Tradition, Redaction, and
Reception of 1 Peter 2:18-25." In Discipleship in the New
Testament, 184-209. Fernando Segovia, ed. Philadelphia:
Fortress. "The Bible from the Perspective of the Refugee."
In Sanctuary. A Resource Guide for Understanding and Participating in
the Central American Refugees' Struggle, 49-54. Gary MacEoin, ed. San
Francisco: Harper & Row. "The Roman Provenance of 1 Peter and The Gospel of
Mark: A Response to David Dungan." A Time for Reappraisal and Fresh
Approaches: Colloquy on New Testament Studies, 181-94. B. Corley, ed.
Macon, GA: Mercer Univ. Press, 1983. "Seminar Dialogue with David Dungan." A Time
for Reappraisal and Fresh Approaches: Colloquy on New Testament
Studies, 157-79. B. Corley, ed. Macon, GA: Mercer Univ. Press,
1983. "Peter, Silvanus, and Mark in 1 Peter and Acts.
Socialogical-Exegetical
Perspectives on A Petrine Group in Rome." In Wort in der Zeit:
Neuetestamentliche Studien. Festgabe für Karl Heinrich Rengstorf,
250-67. W. Haubeck and M. Bachmann, eds. Leiden: Brill, 1980. (With others). "A Group Discussion: Implications
of A Class Approach to The Bible." In The Bible and Liberation.
Political and Social Hermeneutics. A Radical Religion Reader, 7-18.
Berkeley: Community for Religious Research and Education, 1976. "Man and The Son of Man in The Gospel According to
Mark." In Humane Gesellschaft. Beiträge zu ihrer sozialen
Gestaltung. Festschrift für Heinz-Dietrich Wendland, 47-59. T.
Rendtorff and A. Rich, eds. Zürich: Zwingli, 1970. "The Preacher and The Proclamation: Some
Architectural Reflections on Gaps and Bridges." The Lively Function
of The Gospel. Essays in honor of Richard R. Craemmerer on Completion of
25 Years as Professor of Practical Theology at Concordia Seminary, St.
Louis, 99-130. R. W. Bertram, ed. St. Louis: Concordia, 1966. "Teaching Christian Doctrine from the Viewpoint of
an Exegete." In
Religion for the Restless. Teaching Bible Doctrine to Youth,
40-55. J. F. Choitz, ed. Twenty-Third Lutheran Education Association
Yearbook, 1966. REVIEW ARTICLES
Review
article: Gerhard Krause, Gerhard Mueller, et al., eds.,
Theologische Realenzyklopädie, Volumes 1-10. Berlin and New
York: de Gruyter, 1977–82. Religious Studies Review 15/2
(1989):117-19. Review article: Wayne A. Meeks, The First Urban
Christians The Social World of the Apostle Paul (New Haven/London:
Yale Univ. Press, 1983). Religious Studies Review 11/4
(1985):329-35. "Everyone A Priest? No!" Lutheran Forum
9/4 (1975):40-42. Review Article: Oscar E. Feucht, Everyone a Minister.
A Guide to Churchmanship for Laity and Clergy. St. Louis: Concordia,
1974). Review article: Peter Stuhlmacher, Das
paulinische Evangelium. I. Vorgeschichte. FRLANT, 95
(Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1968). Lutheran World
17/1 (1970):78-81; and Lutherische Rundschau 17/1
(1970):102-6. (With David Noel Freedman). Review article:
The Jerome Biblical Commentary, R. E. Brown, J. A. Fitzmyer, R. E.
Murphy, eds. 2 vols (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1968). In
Catholic Biblical Quarterly 31 (1969):405-15. "The Theology and Practice of Worship." Una
Sancta 24/3 (1967):59-61. Review Article: J. J. von Allmen,
Worship: Its Theology and Practice (New York: Oxford Univ. Press,
1965). "Kittel Says." Una Sancta 24/3
(1967):85-89. Review Article: Gerhard Kittel, ed. Theological
Dictionary of The New Testament. G.W. Bromiley, trans. and ed.. Vols.
I-IV (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1964–1967). ARTICLES IN
MAGAZINES & POPULAR PERIODICALS Digest of: "Paul, Galatians, and the Evil Eye."
Luther Digest 2 (1994):53-55. "Philemon and House Churches." The Bible
Today 22/3 (1984):145-50. "The Image of Mary in the Lutheran-Catholic
Dialogue. The Image of Mary, A Lutheran View." America 146/2
(1982):226-29. "Mary, The Mother of Our Lord—A Lutheran
View." Lutheran Forum 17/4 (1982):16-20. "Christian Unity: What Surprises Are in Store for
Us?" Currents in Theology and Mission 6/5 (1979):300-302. "The Second Sunday in Advent." Preaching Helps.
Supplements to Currents in Theology and Mission 3
(1976):85-86. "On Being Catholic and Jesuit: A View from The
Bridge." University of San Francisco Foghorn 69/1 (1974):4,
12. (With William G. Thompson). "Peter in The New
Testament: Old Theme, New Views." America 130/3
(1974):53-54. "The Gospel: Riddle or Irrelevancy?" Event
12/6 (1972):3-6. "We Have Met The Enemy and They Are Us—A
Parable." The University of San Francisco Foghorn
(12/3/71):4. "Dualism or Integrity? The Quest for An
Eschatological Ethos." Seminar (Concordia Seminary, St. Louis) 3/1
(1970):3-13. "Thanksgiving Apocalypse." The Cresset. A
Review of Literature, The Arts, and Public Affairs 33/1
(1969):18. Comment on "What Synod Needs." Lutheran
Witness 86/6 (1967):15 (151). "Death of A Slogan: From Royal Priests to
Celebrating Community." Una Sancta 25/3 (1968):18-31. (With others). "Lutherans on Roman Catholic
Campuses Are Teachers not Missionaries." Lutheran Forum 2/9
(1968):8-10. "Symposium: Lutheran Reactions to The Arab-Israel
War." Lutheran Quarterly 20/3 (1968):276-89 [esp. 282-83]. "Lutheraner und Juden: Ein Meinungsaustausch.
Dialog in USA." Friede über Israel. Zeitschrift für Kirche
und Judentum 50/2 (1967):34-38. "The Chosen People." American Lutheran 41/2
(1966):14-16, 22-25. [Also published as a separate pamphlet by the
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith]. "The Chosen People." The Lutheran Scholar
23/4 (1966):3-16. "The Gospel and Social Change." Una Sancta 23/2
(1966):9-20. "Living Life With A Capital S." Youth
Programs 16 (1966):36. "The New Testament Is Catholic: A Reevaluation of
Sola Scriptura." Una Sancta 23/1 (1966):3-18. "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing. Sermonic
Resource Material. The Epistle for Quinquagesima, The Second Sunday in
Lent. 1 Cor. 13." Published by the Lutheran Laymen's League for Lutheran
Hour Sunday. St. Louis, 1965. "The Ten Best." Arena 74/4
(1965):23. "Two St. Louis Clergymen Tell Why They
Demonstrated." The St. Louis Lutheran 20/3 (1965):1-2. "Homiletics: Outlines on The Standard Epistle
Series, (Misericordias Domini: 1 P 2:21-25; Jubilate: 1 P 2:11-20)."
Concordia Theological Monthly 35/4 (1964):228-34. "Infant Baptism: A Review of A Controversy."
Una Sancta 21/3-4(1964):70-73. "Shirer, The Third Reich, and Modern Germany."
American Lutheran 45/7 (1962):23-24. "Correspondence from Germany." The
Seminarian 54/1 (1962):23-? "Rudolf Bultmann and The Sacrament of Holy
Baptism." Concordia Theological Monthly 32/6 (1961):348-55. "Not So Beatific Vision." The Seminarian
51/4 (1960):43-48. "Wanted: A Liberal Theology." The
Seminarian 51/4 (1960):4-5. "Faith, Works, and The Paradox." The
Seminarian 51/2 (1960):28-30. "Stir Up..." The Seminarian 51/1
(1959):2. "Exegesis: The Royal Priesthood." The
Seminarian 49/3 (1958):53-56. "With An Outstretched Arm." The Seminarian
49/2 (1958):16-20. MISCELLANEOUS
Adviser to the Refugee Media Project, A film
documentary "Refugees" by
Howard Petrick and Miguel Pendas, supported by a grant from the California
Council for the Humanities, 1993. "Foreword." Pp. iv-vi
in Piet van Staden, Compassion—The Essence of Life. A
Social-scientific Study of the Religious Symbolic Universe
Reflected in the Ideology/Theology of Luke. Hervormde Theologiese
Studies Supplement, 4. Pretoria: Univ. of Pretoria Press, 1991. "Introduction." Pp. xii–xvii in Jerome
Murphy-O'Connor, St. Paul's
Corinth. Texts and Archaeology. Good News Studies, 6. 2nd expanded ed.
Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1990. "James, 1-2 Peter, Jude." The Standard Video
Bible Study. The RSV
Project. The National Council of Churches of Christ. Nashville, TN,
1986. "Introduction." Pp. xiii–xvii in Jerome
Murphy-O'Connor, St.
Paul's Corinth. Texts and Archeology. Good News Studies, 6.
Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1983. Taped Lectures: "Adam's Atoms: Gehenna or
Garden?"; and "Eve's Peeves:
St. Paul and The Women's Liberation Movement." Distributed by Camelot
Publications, Minneapolis, MN, 1971. BOOK REVIEWS
"Review of
Otto Perels, ed. Begründung und Gebrauch der
Heiligen Taufe. Berlin: Lutherisches Verlagshaus, 1963." In Una
Sancta 22/3 (1965):71-71. "Review of Paul Kretschmer and Ernst Locker,
Rückläufiges
Wörterbuch der Griechischen Sprache. 2nd ed. by Georg Kisser.
Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1963." In Concordia
Theological Monthly 36/8 (1965):598. "Review of Max Wilcox, The Semitisms of
Acts (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1965)." Concordia Theological
Monthly 36/7 (1965):436-37. "Review of Lee F. Dirks, Religion in Action:
How America's Faiths Are Meeting New Challenges (Silver Springs, MD:
The National Observer, 1965)." In Concordia Theological Monthly
36/7 (1965):471-72. "Review of Gerhard Kittel and Karl Heinrich
Rengstorf, editors. Rabbinische Texte. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer
Verlag, 1952-1964. In Concordia Theological Monthly 36/5
(1965):347-48 "Review of Irving L. Jensen, Independent Bible
Study, Using The Analytical Chart and The Inductive Method (Chicago:
Moody, 1963)." In Concordia Theological Monthly 36/3
(1965):185-86. "Review of Cyril Eastwood, The Royal Priesthood
of The Faithful: An Investigation of The Doctrine from Biblical Times to
The Reformation (Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1963); and The Priesthood
of All Believers: An Examination of The Doctrine from The Reformation to
The Present Day (Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1962)." In Concordia
Theological Monthly 36/2 (1965):109-10. "Review of Yves M. J. Congar, The Mystery of
the Temple, or The Manner of God's Presence to His Creatures from Genesis
to The Apocalypse. R. F.Trevett, trans. (Westminster, MD: Newman,
1962)." In Concordia Theological Monthly 36/5 (1965):
343-44. "Review of Lucien Deiss, Synopse de Matthieu,
Marc et Luc avec les
Paralleles de Jean (Tournai: Desclee et Brouwer, 1963)." In
Concordia Theological Monthly 36/5 (1965):349-50. "Review of Sarah Patton Boyle, For Human Beings
Only: A Primer of
Human Understanding (New York: Seabury, 1964); and The Desegregated
Heart: A Virginian's Stand in Time of Transition (New York: Morrow,
1962)." In Concordia Theological Monthly 36/2 (1965):105-6. "Review of Max Thurian, Consecration of The
Layman. W. J. Kerrigan, trans. (Baltimore: Helicon, n.d.)." In
Una Sancta 21/2 (1964):35-36. "Review of Martin H. Franzmann, Follow Me:
Discipleship According to Saint Matthew (St. Louis: Concordia,
1961)." In Una Sancta 19/2 (1962):32-33. "Review of Ferdinand-Rupert Prostmeier,
Handlungsmodelle im ersten Petrusbrief (Würzburg: Echter, 1990).
In Journal of Biblical Literature 111 (1992):553-55. PARTICIPATION IN
PUBLISHED COLLOQUIA Colloquy 56 of The Center for Hermeneutical
Studies in Hellenistic and
Modern Culture, Wilhelm Wuellner, ed. Modes of Thought in Law and
Justice. A Preliminary Report on a Study in Legal Anthropology
(Wolfgang Fikentscher, Munich University School of Law). Berkeley:
The Center for Hermeneutical Studies, 1988. Colloquia 42 of The Center for Hermeneutical
Studies in Hellenistic and
Modern Culture, Berkeley, CA, Irene Lawrence ed. The Problem of
Miraculous Feedings in the Graeco-Roman World, 1982. Colloquy 41 of The Center for Hermeneutical
Studies in Hellenistic and
Modern Culture, Berkeley, CA, Irene Lawrence, ed. Holy Scripture and
Hellenistic Hermeneutics in Alexandrian Christology: The Arian
Controversy, 1982. Colloquy 40 of The Center for Hermeneutical
Studies in Hellenistic and
Modern Culture, Berkeley, CA: Greek Knowledge of Jews up to Hecateus of
Abdara, 1981. Colloquy 37 of The Center for Hermeneutical
Studies in Hellenistic and
Modern Culture, Berkeley, CA: Irene Lawrence, ed. Self-Definition in
Early Christianity, 1980. Colloquy 28 of The Center for Hermeneutical
Studies in Hellenistic and
Modern Culture, Berkeley, CA: Orphism and Bacchic Mysteries: New
Evidence and Old Problems of Interpretation, 1977. Colloquy 26 of The Center for Hermeneutical
Studies in Hellenistic and
Modern Culture, Berkeley, CA: Paul's Concept of Freedom in The Context
of Hellenistic Discussions About The Possibilities of Human Freedom,
1977. Colloquy 22 of The Center for Hermeneutical
Studies in Hellenistic and
Modern Culture, Berkeley, CA: Diatribe in Ancient Rhetorical
Theory, 1976. Colloquy 21 of The Center for Hermeneutical
Studies in Hellenistic and
Modern Culture, Berkeley, CA: The Deification of Alexander The
Great, 1976. Colloquy 20 of The Center for Hermeneutical
Studies in Hellenistic and
Modern Culture, Berkeley, CA: Freedom and Determinism in Philo of
Alexandria, 1976. Colloquy 18 of The Center for Hermeneutical
Studies in Hellenistic and
Modern Culture, Berkeley, CA: Longer Mark: Forgery, Interpolation, or
Old Tradition? 1976. Colloquy 17 of The Center for Hermeneutical
Studies in Hellenistic and
Modern Culture, Berkely, CA: Philosophical Hermeneutics and Theological
Hermeneutics: Ideology, Utopia, and Faith, 1976. Colloquy 14 of The Center for Hermeneutical
Studies in Hellenistic and
Modern Culture, Berkeley, CA: A Social Context to The Religious Crisis
of The Third Century A.D., 1975. Colloquy 13 of The Center for Hermeneitical
Studies in Hellenistic and
Modern Culture, Berkeley, CA: The Idea of Conscience in Philo of
Alexandria, 1975. Colloquy 12 of The Center for Hermeneutical
Studies in Hellenistic and
Modern Culture, Berkeley, CA: Aretalogies, Hellenistic
'Lives,' and the Sources of Mark, 1975. Colloquy 10 of The Center for Hermeneutical
Studies in Hellenistic and
Modern Culture, Berkeley, CA: Greek and Christian Concepts of
Justice, 1974. Colloquy 8 of The Center for Hermeneutical Studies
in Hellenistic and
Modern Culture, Berkeley, CA: The Pauline Basis of The Concept of
Scriptural Form in Irenaeus, 1974. TRANSLATIONS
Heinz-Dietrich Wendland. "Brotherhoods in Church
and World." Una Sancta 20/4 (1963):40-50. (Trans. with Richard
Knudsen). Karl Heinrich Rengstorf. "Old and New Testament
Traces of A Formula of The Judean Royal Ritual." Novum Testamentum
5/4 (1962):229-44.
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