The letters of 2 Peter and Jude / Peter H. Davids.
Material type: TextSeries: Pillar New Testament commentaryPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., c2006.Description: xxxii, 348 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0802837263 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780802837264 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1844741516
- 9781844741519
- 227/.93077 22
- BS2795.53 .D38 2006
- BC 5040
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Reformational Study Centre Commentary | 220.7 #COM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | RSC004692 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. xxi-xxxii) and indexes.
Introduction to Jude -- I. Introduction -- II. Authorship -- III. Place and date -- IV. Addressees -- V. Language and structure -- VI. Theology -- Commentary on Jude -- I. Letter opening: salutation (vv. 1-2) -- II. Letter body (vv. 3-23) -- A. Body opening: thematic statement (exordium/narratio)(vv. 3-4) -- B. Body proper: proof for the thematic statement (vv. 5-16) -- 1. First proof (vv. 5-7 and 8-10) -- 2. Second proof (vv. 11-13) -- 3. Third proof (vv. 14-16) -- C. Body closing (vv. 17-23) -- 1. Final prophecy (vv. 17-19) -- 2. Closing exhortation (vv. 20-23) -- III. Letter closing: doxology (vv. 24-25) -- Introduction to 2 Peter -- I. Introduction -- II. Authorship -- III. Date, language, and style -- IV. Recipients and opponents -- V. Jude and 2 Peter -- VI. Literary form -- VII. Theology -- A. God -- B. Jesus -- C. The Holy Spirit -- D. The human condition -- E. Deliverance -- F. Eschatology -- G. Scripture -- Commentary on 2 Peter -- I. Salutation (1:1-2) -- II. Letter opening (1:3-15) -- A. Opening sermon (1:3-11) -- 1. Historical introduction: the divine benefaction (1:3-4) -- 2. Call to virtue (1:5-11) -- B. Purpose statement (1:12-15) -- III. Letter body (1:16-3:16) -- A. The implications of the transfiguration (1:16-21) -- B. Condemnation of the false teachers (2:1-22) -- 1. Introduction to the false teachers (2:1-3) -- 2. Argument for the judgment of the false teachers (2:4-22) -- Excursus on Balaam in Rabbinic literature -- C. Conclusions about the day of the lord (3:1-13) -- D. Body closing: final judgment (3:14-16) -- IV. Letter closing (3:17-18).