| Description |
1 online resource (203 pages) |
| Series |
The Library of New Testament Studies |
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Library of New Testament studies.
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| Contents |
Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 2 PETER COMMENTARY: AN APPRAISAL; Chapter 2 LITERARY STRATEGY IN 2 PETER; Chapter 3 ETHICS AND VIRTUE IN 2 PETER; Chapter 4 THE MORAL WORLD OF GRECO-ROMAN PAGANISM; Chapter 5 THE ETHICAL CATALOG AS A PEDAGOGICAL DEVICE; Chapter 6 THE CATALOG OF VIRTUES IN 2 PETER 1.5-7; Chapter 7 CONCLUSION: THE FUNCTION OF THE CATALOG OF VIRTUES IN 2 PETER 1.5-7; Appendix PREDESTINATION, PERSEVERNCE AND THE PROBLEM OF APOSTASY; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors |
| Summary |
Virtue amidst Vice represents an attempt to probe a relatively obscure portion of a relatively obscure New Testament document. 2 Peter reflects a social setting that presents a most daunting pastoral challenge. The danger confronting the Christian community is a lapse in ethical standards and a return-whether by mere forgetfulness or in wholesale apostasy-to the former way of life. 2 Peter's prophetic and paraenetic response borrows from the moral grammar of contemporary moral philosophers in exhorting the readers to recall-and validate through virtuous living-the faith they have received. The |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Peter, 2nd, I -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780567101266 |
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0567101266 |
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