{"product_id":"the-letters-of-jude-and-second-peter-an-introduction-and-study-guide-9780567671110","title":"The Letters of Jude and Second Peter An","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Guide surveys the more important historical, socio-cultural,  theological, and literary factors we must grapple with in understanding  the two letters of Jude and Second Peter, between which there are very strong similarities. It appears that the letter of Jude was almost entirely plagiarized' by the letter of Second Peter. George Aicheles main approach is the method of  semiotics, examining signifying mechanisms in each of the texts both  independently and when they are read together. In both of the letters, Jesus Christ is called the master', with a Greek word that means slave-owner', and the authors of both books refer to themselves and other Christians as the slaves of Christ. Furthermore, both writings report situations of paranoid fear within Christian communities of their time as they picture heretical infiltrators who threaten to pervert and perhaps even destroy the community.In addition to this, in an adventurous excursion, the letter of Jude is read intertextually with t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreface: The View from Mars\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cb\u003e1. Critical Issues in Jude and 2 Peter, or What the Martian May Not Know\u003c\/b\u003e        Codes and Canon        Authors, Dates, Locations        Terminology Matters        The Good Guys        The Bad Guys        Appendix: Some Obscure Language  \u003cb\u003e2. A Paranoid Gospel: Jude and the Abolition of Difference\u003c\/b\u003e        You’re Next        They’re Gonna Get You        We Know your Little Secret        UR NXT  \u003cb\u003e3. Taming Paranoia: 2 Peter Rewrites Jude\u003c\/b\u003e        Creative Rewriting        Second Peter’s First Chapter        Second Peter’s Second Chapter        Second Peter’s Third Chapter        What Has 2 Peter Done to Jude?  \u003cb\u003e4. The Christian Body and the Christian Mind\u003c\/b\u003e        Organ-izing the Christian Body        Canon Effect        Theology and the Gospel        Reading with Different Assumptions","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403057045847,"sku":"9780567671110","price":23.21,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780567671110.jpg?v=1730482274","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-letters-of-jude-and-second-peter-an-introduction-and-study-guide-9780567671110","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}