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Virtue Amidst Vice: the Catalog of Virtues in 2 Peter 1 (The Library of New Testament Studies)
J. Daryl Charles
Virtue Amidst Vice: the Catalog of Virtues in 2 Peter 1 (The Library of New Testament Studies)
J. Daryl Charles
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.
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | 1998 |
ISBN13 | 9781850756866 |
Publishers | Bloomsbury T&T Clark |
Pages | 202 |
Dimensions | 156 × 234 × 230 mm · 462 g |
Language | English |
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