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Contents General Introduction 1 Exegesis, Theology, and the Interpretive Dance 1 2 Peter, Jude and Comments on Introductory Issues 7 2 Peter, Jude in the Contexts of Language 11 Allusion 11 Metaphor and the Super Abundance of Meaning 12 An Introduction to the Relationships between 1 Peter, 2 Peter & Jude 13 An Introduction to the Chapters that Follow 15 Introduction to Jude 17 Authorship 18 Date 19 Audience 20 Engaging History 20 Purpose 23 The Opponents 24 The Style 24 A Note on My Language 25 Engaging Narrative: The Canon and Narrative 25 Theology: Assumptions 27 v 5 Reese first page proofs Wednesday, June 13, 2007 8:25:14 AM Commentary on Jude 29 Vv. 1-2 29 Vv. 3-4 34 Vv. 5-19 42 Vv. 5-8 42 Vv. 9-10 49 Vv. 11-13 52 Vv. 14-16 62 Vv. 17-19 64 Concluding Thoughts on Vv. 5-19 65 Vv. 20-23 66 Vv. 24-25 72 Theological Horizons of Jude 75 Theological Themes of Jude 75 Theme 1: Denying God and the Bid for False Freedom 76 Theme 2: Judgment 79 Theme 3: Keeping and Being Kept 83 Theme 4: Us and Them 84 Theme 5: Remembering 86 Theme 6: The Call to Faithful Living 87 The Theology of Jude in the Context of the Canon 87 Allusions, Salvation, and Rebellion: A Canonical Look 88 Looking Canonically at Judgment 95 God and Humanity as Those Who Keep 98 Responses to Division in the Canon 100 Remember the Covenant from Which You Came 101 The Theology of Jude in Contemporary Contexts 105 Introduction to 2 Peter 115 Authorship 115 Date, Occasion, Audience, and Setting 121 Hellenistic Influences 123 vi Contents 6 Reese first page proofs Wednesday, June 13, 2007 8:25:14 AM Genre 125 Opponents 126 Other Topics 127 Commentary on 2 Peter 129 1:1-2 129 1:3-11 133 1:12-15 138 1:16-21 139 2:1-22 146 2:1-3 146 2:4-10a 149 2:10b-17 154 2:18-22 158 3:1-2 163 3:3-4 163 3:5-7 165 3:8-9 167 3:10-16 169 3:17-18 175 Theological Horizons of 2 Peter 179 Theological Themes of 2 Peter 179 Theme 1: God and Jesus Christ 179 Knowing and Remembering 181 Promises 184 Theme 2: Ethics 186 Theme 3: Eschatology 189 The Theology of 2 Peter in the Context of the Canon 192 A Canonical Look at the Themes in 2 Peter 192 The Transfiguration in 2 Peter and the Canon 192 Promises in the Canon 197 Ethics in the Canon 199 vii Contents 7 Reese first page proofs Wednesday, June 13, 2007 8:25:14 AM What Sort of People Ought We To Be? Jesus, Ethics, and Eschatology 201 Bibliography 221 Index of Names 229 Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Texts 000 viii Contents
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Bible. N.T. Peter, 2nd -- Commentaries.
Bible. N.T. Jude -- Commentaries.