Front cover

Half title

Title page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation

Discourses in 2 Peter

Rhetography and Rhetology

Text

Author

Addressees

Place and Time of Composition

Outline of 2 Peter

Section 1: 2 Peter 1:1–15

Letter Opening

Unit 1: 2 Peter 1:1–2 Letter Salutation

Unit 2: 2 Peter 1:3–11 Theme of Letter: Peter Proposes Honoring the Divine Benefactor by Living Wisely

Unit 3: 2 Peter 1:12–15 Occasion of Letter: Making it Possible to Re-member Peter’s Prophetic Teaching after His Death

Section 2: 2 Peter 1:16–2:10a

Letter Body, Part 1 Two Arguments that Jesus Will Come Again

Unit 1: 2 Peter 1:16–18 First Argument: Jesus’ Transfiguration Shows that He Will Come Again

Unit 2: 2 Peter 1:19–2:10a Second Argument: The Prophetic Word Shows that Jesus Will Come Again

Section 3: 2 Peter 2:10b–22

Letter Body, Part 2 Prophetic Denunciation of the False Teachers

Unit 1: 2 Peter 2:10b–17 Prophetic Denunciation of the False Teachers’ Moral Failings

Unit 2: 2 Peter 2:18–22 Prophetic Analysis of the False Teachers’ Destructive Effect on Others

Section 4: 2 Peter 3:1–13

Letter Body, Part 3 Restatement of Letter’s Purpose and Resumption of Its Argument

Unit 1: 2 Peter 3:1–4 Peter’s Prophetic Reminder of Beneficial Teaching

Unit 2: 2 Peter 3:5–13 Renewed Argument that Jesus Will Come Again

Section 5: 2 Peter 3:14–18

Letter Closing

Bibliography

Back cover