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Reading 1-2 Peter and Jude : a resource for students / edited by Eric F. Mason and Troy W. Martin.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Resources for biblical study ; no. 77.Publisher: Atlanta, Georgia : Society of Biblical Literature, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (294 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781589837386
  • 158983738X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reading 1-2 Peter and Jude : a resource for students.DDC classification:
  • 227/.9206 23
LOC classification:
  • BS2795.52 .R43 2014eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Gathering apostolic voices : who wrote 1 and 2 Peter and Jude? / Lewis R. Donelson -- The literary relationships among 1 Peter, 2 Peter, and Jude / Jeremy F. Hultin -- The epistolary rhetoric of 1 Peter, 2 Peter, and Jude / Duane F. Watson -- Awaiting new heavens, a new earth" : the apocalyptic imagination of 1-2 Peter, Jude / Kelley Coblentz Bautch -- Reborn to a living hope : a christology of 1 Peter / Steven J. Kraftchick -- Christians as babies : metaphorical reality in 1 Peter / Troy W. Martin -- Be holy, for I am holy : paraenesis in 1 Peter / Nancy Pardee -- Ethnicity, empire, and early Christian identity : social-scientific perspectives on 1 Peter / David G. Horrell -- 1 Peter and postmodern criticism / Félix H. Cortez -- 1 Peter in patristic literature / Andreas Merkt -- Biblical and nonbiblical traditions in Jude and 2 Peter : sources, usage, and the question of canon / Eric F. Mason -- Are the others too other? : the issue of "others" in Jude and 2 Peter / Peter H. Davids -- Searching for evidence : the history of reception of the Epistles of Jude and 2 Peter / Wolfgang Grünstäudl, Tobias Nicklas.
Summary: An essential textbook on 1-2 Peter and Jude for readers of all levels Scholars engage the best contemporary work on 1-2 Peter and Jude in this student-oriented book. The first four chapters in this collection-on authorship and pseudonymity, literary relationships among the three books, epistolary rhetoric, and apocalyptic elements-consider important, foundational issues related to all three epistles. These essays lay the groundwork for more focused chapters that examine theology and theory in 1 Peter as well a stylistic, theological, and thematic overlap in Jude and 2 Peter. Features: A range of theological, literary, and theoretical approaches Definitions for specialized terminology Historical and cultural background information Explanations of methodologies.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Gathering apostolic voices : who wrote 1 and 2 Peter and Jude? / Lewis R. Donelson -- The literary relationships among 1 Peter, 2 Peter, and Jude / Jeremy F. Hultin -- The epistolary rhetoric of 1 Peter, 2 Peter, and Jude / Duane F. Watson -- Awaiting new heavens, a new earth" : the apocalyptic imagination of 1-2 Peter, Jude / Kelley Coblentz Bautch -- Reborn to a living hope : a christology of 1 Peter / Steven J. Kraftchick -- Christians as babies : metaphorical reality in 1 Peter / Troy W. Martin -- Be holy, for I am holy : paraenesis in 1 Peter / Nancy Pardee -- Ethnicity, empire, and early Christian identity : social-scientific perspectives on 1 Peter / David G. Horrell -- 1 Peter and postmodern criticism / Félix H. Cortez -- 1 Peter in patristic literature / Andreas Merkt -- Biblical and nonbiblical traditions in Jude and 2 Peter : sources, usage, and the question of canon / Eric F. Mason -- Are the others too other? : the issue of "others" in Jude and 2 Peter / Peter H. Davids -- Searching for evidence : the history of reception of the Epistles of Jude and 2 Peter / Wolfgang Grünstäudl, Tobias Nicklas.

An essential textbook on 1-2 Peter and Jude for readers of all levels Scholars engage the best contemporary work on 1-2 Peter and Jude in this student-oriented book. The first four chapters in this collection-on authorship and pseudonymity, literary relationships among the three books, epistolary rhetoric, and apocalyptic elements-consider important, foundational issues related to all three epistles. These essays lay the groundwork for more focused chapters that examine theology and theory in 1 Peter as well a stylistic, theological, and thematic overlap in Jude and 2 Peter. Features: A range of theological, literary, and theoretical approaches Definitions for specialized terminology Historical and cultural background information Explanations of methodologies.

English.