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041			_a0 eng
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100			_aGilmour, Michael J.
100			_eAuthor
245			_aThe significance of parallels between 2 Peter and other early Christian literature
245			_cMichael J. Gilmour
260			_aAtlanta, U.S.A
260			_bThe society of Biblical literature
260			_c2002
300			_a176tr.
300			_bpaperback
300			_c23cm
520			_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).
650			_aBible -- Peter, 2nd -- Criticism, Textual
957			_a211001 TKH
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