I have been looking for sessions, seminars, lectures in which 1 Peter plays a role, and here is the only one I found. If I have overlooked something, please use the comments field and update me.
S17-62Greek Bible
11/17/2007 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Room: Torrey 1 - MM
Theme: The Greek Prophets in the New Testament.
The last lecture in this session is by
Kelly David Liebengood, University of St. Andrews-Scotland, and is devoted to
1 Peter, the Septuagint, and the Eschatological Davidic Shepherd (30 min)
Abstract:
" First Peter commentators have long hinted at a relationship between the letter’s shepherd imagery (2.25; 5.2-4) and the shepherd discourse found in Ezekiel 34. Jobes’ remark in her recent 1 Peter commentary is representative: ‘Elements of this passage from Ezekiel [Ezek 34.11-13] correlate so well with elements of 1 Peter that it is tempting to conclude that Peter deliberately alludes to Ezekiel here [2.25] and elsewhere in his letter’. Neither Jobes nor her predecessors, however, explore their hunches further. Unable to resist the temptation to which Jobes refers, this paper will argue that 1 Peter 2.25 alludes not just to Ezekiel, but to a larger narrative—the Eschatological Davidic Shepherd tradition found in Ezekiel, but also in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Micah, and Zechariah. Particular attention will be drawn to 1 Peter’s dependence upon the Greek (LXX) representations of this tradition, especially noting the role of LXX Zechariah 10.2 in explaining how 2.24-25 moves from the theme of “being healed by his wounds” to that of “straying sheep”, and finally to speak of being “returned to the shepherd and episkopos”."
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3 comments:
Thanks for the free publicity, Torrey. Yes, not many papers on 1 Peter this year, in part, because it is hard to find a seminar in which 1 Peter fits.
Hi,
It is too bad that you weren't doing this last year. I chair the "Methodological Reassessments of the Letters of James Peter and Jude" SBL Consultation. Last year we had two sessions focused on 1 Peter. Most of the essays have just been published in _Reading First Peter with New Eyes: Methodological Reassessments of the Letter of First Peter_ (LNTS 364; T&T Clark, 2007). Send me an e-mail if you'd like me to send you the table of contents (e-mail address by logging on to the SBL website; I don't want to post it here). This year our sessions focus on 2 Peter and Jude. Next year we hope to be a Section, and so papers will be accepted on all these letters.
Best wishes,
Bob
Robert L. Webb
Thanks for your reminder, and for the articles of that consultation you sent last year. I now found the book on Amazon.com, including its list of content and excerpt. I'll soon have a posting on the book.
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