01632nam a2200277 a 450000500170000000800200001702000150003704100100005208200140006208200130007610000240008910000110011324500870012424500230021126000190023426000390025326000090029230000110030130000140031230000090032652008740033565000460120995700150125599900150127095200690128520260119070415.02021-12-02 13:19:48  a1589830490  a0 eng  a227.93066  bM621-G49  aGilmour, Michael J.  eAuthor  aThe significance of parallels between 2 Peter and other early Christian literature  cMichael J. Gilmour  aAtlanta, U.S.A  bThe society of Biblical literature  c2002  a176tr.  bpaperback  c23cm  aSeveral early Christian texts lack sufficient information to determine such things as when, where, and to whom they were written. Historians have often attempted to `locate` such texts in history by comparing them to other writings for which date, provenance, audience, and authorship are known. Similarities and differences between them are often introduced to discussions as a basis for historical reconstruction, with varying degrees of success. Gilmour explores this approach to the reconstruction of earliest Christianity, using the pseudonymous 2 Peter as a test case. He develops criteria which help determine if literary parallels are the result of literary dependence, lists possible pitfalls for historical reconstruction based on literary parallels, and considers the possible relationship between 2 Peter and the Pastoral Epistles (1, 2 Timothy, and Titus).  aBible -- Peter, 2nd -- Criticism, Textual  a211001 TKH  c6007d6007  00104070aTVCDbTVCDd2026-01-20g0.00l0pTVCD-6007v0.00yBK