Abuse, Power and Fearful Obedience : Reconsidering 1 Peters Commands to Wives

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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; 1. LAYING THE FOUNDATION: A HISTORY OF THE SCHOLARSHIP; State of 1 Peter Studies; Early Scholarship; Post-1981 Scholarship; General Haustafel Studies; Origin of the Form; Delineation of the New Testament Haustafeln; Sources for this Construct; Uniqueness of 1 Peter's Haustafel; Address Directed Toward Slaves and Wives; Reference to Sarah; Cultural Significance

imperial Pawns?; Conclusion; 2. A NEW METHODOLOGY; Introduction; Feminist Studies; Representation: Speaking for and Standing in; Essentialism and "Othering"; Language/Discourse; Power. Sex and PowerFeminist Summary; Postcolonial Studies; Can we do "Postcolonial" Studies on Ancient Texts?; Representation; Mimicry; Language and Power; Bodies and Sex; Economic Issues; Postcolonial Summary; Materialist Concerns; Creation of Knowledge; Construction of Subjects; Materialist Summary; Weaving the Threads; 3. READING THE RHETORIC; Introduction; "Aliens and Strangers" or "Immigrants and Refugees"?; Royal Priesthood and Holy Nation; Of Priesthoods and Nations; Ambivalent Mimicry; Materiality of Metaphors; ""Honor the Emperor"; Kyriarchal Presuppositions; Encouraging Collusion. 2.13-17 as a preface to the HaustafelConclusion: The Religio-Political Preface to the Household Code; 4. COMPONENTS OF COLLUSION; Introduction; Review of Haustafeln Background; Symptomatic Irruptions; Slaves and Wives; Husbands; Households in Empire; 1 Peter's Haustafel as Ambivalent Mimicry; Symbolic Dominating Power of Author over Recipients; Adapted Household Code

Subversive or Collusionary?; Canonizing Collusion; 5. DAUGHTERS OF SARAH: FEAR-FULL SUBJECTS INDEED; Introduction; What Can She Know?; Creating Knowledge in 1 Peter; Daughter of Sarah; What Can She Do? Conclusion: Subject as 1 Peter Constructs6. CONCLUSION; Précis of Findings; Texts and their Subjects; The Next Step; Bibliography; Index of Ancient Sources; Index of Modern Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z