J. Daryl Charles

Virtue amidst Vice (eBook, PDF)

The Catalog of Virtues in 2 Peter 1

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1998
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780567101266
• Artikelnr.: 40779144

Autorenporträt

J. Daryl Charles is Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Taylor University, Upland, Indiana.