Virtue amidst Vice
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Virtue amidst Vice

The Catalog of Virtues in 2 Peter 1

  1. 202 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Virtue amidst Vice

The Catalog of Virtues in 2 Peter 1

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Editorial Board
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Abbreviations
  8. Chapter 1 2 PETER COMMENTARY: AN APPRAISAL
  9. Chapter 2 LITERARY STRATEGY IN 2 PETER
  10. Chapter 3 ETHICS AND VIRTUE IN 2 PETER
  11. Chapter 4 THE MORAL WORLD OF GRECO-ROMAN PAGANISM
  12. Chapter 5 THE ETHICAL CATALOG AS A PEDAGOGICAL DEVICE
  13. Chapter 6 THE CATALOG OF VIRTUES IN 2 PETER 1.5-7
  14. Chapter 7 CONCLUSION: THE FUNCTION OF THE CATALOG OF VIRTUES IN 2 PETER 1.5-7
  15. Appendix PREDESTINATION, PERSEVERNCE AND THE PROBLEM OF APOSTASY
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index of References
  18. Index of Authors