Intertextual Strategy of the Narrator of the Second Epistle of Peter in the Catalogue of Virtues (1:5-7)
The Second Epistle of Peter is one of the least studied texts of the New Testament. It is usually compared with 1 Peter and/or Jude and indeed shows some similarities and some differences with these texts. But little attention is paid to the originality of 2 Peter both in its interpretation of texts...
| Subtitles: | Greek Philosophy and Hellenization in the Bible and Christian Theology |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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Verbum vitae
Year: 2021, Volume: 39, Issue: 3, Pages: 865-880 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Virtue
/ Faith
/ Knowledge
/ Intertextuality
/ Knowledge
/ Bible. Petrusbrief 2. 1,5-7
/ Jude
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NCA Ethics |
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| Summary: | The Second Epistle of Peter is one of the least studied texts of the New Testament. It is usually compared with 1 Peter and/or Jude and indeed shows some similarities and some differences with these texts. But little attention is paid to the originality of 2 Peter both in its interpretation of texts from the Jewish tradition and in the application of intertextual strategies to elements of Greek philosophy. 2 Pet 1:5-7 is undoubtedly one of the most Hellenized passages of the epistle. Not only did the narrator use a hierarchical catalog of virtues popular in Greek literature, but also terms that are commonly associated with ethics, especially the stoic ethics (faith - πίστις; virtue - ἀρετή; knowledge - γνῶσις). This article aims to present the manner in which the narrator in 2 Pet 1:5-7 enters into dialogue with Greek ethical texts and how he transforms, innovates, and reinterprets these texts. In other words, what intertextual strategy he uses. |
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| ISSN: | 2451-280X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Verbum vitae
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.31743/vv.12785 |