| Description |
1 online resource (194 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 150
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Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 150.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-183) and indexes. |
| 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 theme of the moral life runs throughout 2 Peter, with the various components of the author's literary arsenal subordinated to this thematic development. It is the function of the catalogue of virtues (1.5-7) both to introduce and to anchor the author's call to repel moral scepticism and reinvigorate the moral life. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bible. Peter, 2nd, I -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Epistles of Peter, 1st -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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Bible. Epistles of Peter, 2nd -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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Bible. Pierre, 2e. I -- Critique, interprétation, etc. |
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Bible. Epîtres Pierre 2 -- critique, interprétation, etc. |
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Bible. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Charles, J. Daryl, 1950- Virtue amidst vice. Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1997 1850756864 (DLC) 98111125 (OCoLC)40907453 |
| ISBN |
9780567101266 (electronic book) |
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0567101266 (electronic book) |
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1283192489 |
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9781283192484 |
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1850756864 |
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9781850756866 |
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