1& 2 Peter and Jude : a commentary /
Donelson, Lewis R., 1949-
1& 2 Peter and Jude : a commentary / First and Second Peter and Jude by Lewis R. Donelson. - 1st ed. - Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, c2010. - xxiii, 301 p. ; 23 cm. - New Testament Library Series . - New Testament library series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [xv]-xxiii) and indexes.
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 -- Authorship -- The opponents -- Date and setting -- Literary structure -- 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 -- Literary structure -- Theology -- Text and translation -- Opening salutation -- 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.
9780664221386 (hbk. : alk. paper) : 10.59 0664221386 (hbk. : alk. paper)
2010003668
GBB099486 bnb
015630742 Uk
Bible.--Peter--Commentaries.
Bible.--Jude--Commentaries.
BS2795.53 / .D66 2010
227.9077 Don 2010 c.2
1& 2 Peter and Jude : a commentary / First and Second Peter and Jude by Lewis R. Donelson. - 1st ed. - Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, c2010. - xxiii, 301 p. ; 23 cm. - New Testament Library Series . - New Testament library series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [xv]-xxiii) and indexes.
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 -- Authorship -- The opponents -- Date and setting -- Literary structure -- 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 -- Literary structure -- Theology -- Text and translation -- Opening salutation -- 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.
9780664221386 (hbk. : alk. paper) : 10.59 0664221386 (hbk. : alk. paper)
2010003668
GBB099486 bnb
015630742 Uk
Bible.--Peter--Commentaries.
Bible.--Jude--Commentaries.
BS2795.53 / .D66 2010
227.9077 Don 2010 c.2