Virtue amidst Vice: The Catalog of Virtues in 2 Peter 1
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 retu...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
Continuum International Publishing
1998
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| In: | Year: 1998 |
| Reviews: | Virtue amidst Vice: The Catalog of Virtues in 2 Peter, by J. Daryl Charles. Sheffield Academic Press, 1997. 194 pp. hb. £35. ISBN 1-85075-686-4 (1999) (Bockmuehl, Markus N. A., 1961 -)
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| Series/Journal: | Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series
150 The Library of New Testament Studies Library of New Testament studies |
| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible. -- Peter, 2nd, I -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Bible ; Peter, 2nd, I ; Criticism, interpretation, etc B Electronic books |
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| 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 |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 1850756864 |