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I & II Peter and Jude : a commentary / Lewis R. Donelson.
Van Pelt Library BS2795.53 .D66 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Donelson, Lewis R., 1949-
- Series:
- New Testament library
- The New Testament library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Peter--Commentaries.
- Bible.
- Bible. Jude--Commentaries.
- Bible. Jude.
- Bible. Peter.
- Genre:
- Commentaries.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 301 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- First and Second Peter and Jude
- Place of Publication:
- Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, [2010]
- Contents:
- The first letter of Peter
- Introduction to 1 Peter
- The recepients of 1 Peter
- Persecution
- Date
- Authorship
- Literary structure
- Outline
- Theology Text and translation
- Epistolary prescript
- Opening blessing
- The holy life
- Call to holiness
- Love and the word
- Milk of the Lord
- The living stone
- Life as aliens and sojourners
- Call to beautiful deeds among the Gentiles
- Submission to the authority of the Gentiles
- Submission of servants to masters
- Submission by wives and honoring by husbands
- Exhortation and blessing for all
- Suffering while doing good
- Christ as model of suffering and victory
- Excursus: the tradition of Enoch and the fallen angels
- Separation from the Gentile life
- The end is near
- Love within the community
- Suffering as judgment
- Elders and their flocks
- Concluding call to suffering
- Epistolary postscript
- The letter of Jude
- Introduction to Jude
- The opponents
- Date and setting
- Canonical status
- Text and translation
- Opening salutation
- Statement of purpose and opening accusation
- Condemnation of the impious
- Three examples of divine punishment
- The naming of the impious
- Excursus: Michael and the body of Moses
- Enoch's prophecy of judgment
- Appeals to the beloved
- The prophecy of the apostles
- Appeal for mercy
- Concluding doxology
- The second letter of Peter
- Introduction to 2 Peter
- Relationship to Jude
- Authorship and date
- The false teachers and mockers
- Theology
- Exordium
- Testamentary reminder
- Apostolic and prophetic witnesses
- False teachers and their punishment
- The prediction of false teachers
- Examples of God's judgment
- The immorality of the false teachers
- The promise of his coming
- God's patience
- Final exhortation and doxology.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [xv]-xxiii) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0664221386
- OCLC:
- 503655116
- Publisher Number:
- 99945456951
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