The Letters of 2 Peter And Jude

by Davids, Peter H.

• ISBN13: 9780802837264
• ISBN10: 0802837263
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-30
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

The Pillar New Testament Commentary, designed for serious readers of the Bible, seeks above all to make clear the meaning of the text of Scripture as we have it. Writers of the PNTC volumes interact with the most important, informed contemporary debate yet avoid undue technical detail. Their ideal is a blend of rigorous exegesis and exposition, scholarship and pastoral sensitivity, with an eye alert both to biblical theology and to the contemporary relevance of the Bible.

Author Biography

Peter H. Davids is professor of biblical theology at St. Stephen's University, St. Stephen, New Brunswick.

Table of Contents

Series Preface	viii
Author's Preface	x
Abbreviations	xii
Select Bibliography	xxi
GENERAL INTRODUCTION	1	(6)
THE LETTER OF JUDE
INTRODUCTION TO JUDE	7	(26)
I. Introduction	7	(1)
II. Authorship	8	(4)
III. Place and Date	12	(5)
IV. Addressees	17	(6)
V. Language and Structure	23	(5)
VI. Theology	28	(5)
COMMENTARY ON JUDE	33	(88)
I. Letter Opening: Salutation (vv. 1-2)	33	(8)
II. Letter Body (vv. 3-23)	41	(65)
A. Body Opening: Thematic Statement (exordium/narratio) (vv. 3-4)	41	(5)
B. Body Proper: Proof for the Thematic Statement (vv. 5-16)	46	(38)
1. First Proof (vv. 5-7 and 8-10)	46	(18)
2. Second Proof (vv. 11-13)	64	(11)
3. Third Proof (vv. 14-16)	75	(9)
C. Body Closing (vv. 17-23)	84	(66)
1. Final Prophecy (vv. 17-19)	84	(7)
2. Closing Exhortation (vv. 20-23)	91	(15)
III. Letter Closing: Doxology (vv. 24-25)	106	(15)
THE LETTER OF 2 PETER
INTRODUCTION TO 2 PETER	121	(38)
I. Introduction	121	(2)
II. Authorship	123	(7)
III. Date, Language, and Style	130	(2)
IV. Recipients and Opponents	132	(4)
V. Jude and 2 Peter	136	(7)
VI. Literary Form	143	(7)
VII. Theology	150	(9)
A. God	150	(1)
B. Jesus	150	(5)
C The Holy Spirit	155	(1)
D. The Human Condition	156	(1)
E. Deliverance	156	(1)
F. Eschatology	156	(1)
G. Scripture	157	(2)
COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER	159	(160)
I. Salutation (1:1-2)	159	(7)
II. Letter Opening (1:3-15)	166	(32)
A. Opening Sermon (1:3-11)	166	(25)
1. Historical Introduction: The Divine Benefaction (1:3-4)	167	(9)
2. Call to Virtue (1:5-11)	176	(15)
B. Purpose Statement (1:12-15)	191	(7)
III. Letter Body (1:16-3:16)	198	(111)
A. The Implications of the Transfiguration (1:16-21)	198	(18)
B. Condemnation of the False Teachers (2:1-22)	216	(40)
1. Introduction to the False Teachers (2:1-3)	216	(8)
2. Argument for the Judgment of the False Teachers (2:4-22)	224	(29)
Excursus on Balaam in Rabbinic Literature	253	(3)
C. Conclusions about the Day of the Lord (3:1-13)	256	(37)
D. Body Closing: Final Judgment (3:14-16)	293	(16)
IV. Letter Closing (3:17-18)	309
INDEXES
I. Modern Authors	319	(3)
II. Subjects	322	(5)
III. Scripture References	327	(14)
IV. Extrabiblical Literature	341