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2 Peter, Jude: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

Jerome H. Neyrey gives us a thoroughly up-to-date and comprehensive study of two of the most obscure books of the New Testament. Written after the death of Jesus and his Apostles, the Epistles of 2 Peter and Jude offer a glimpse into the turbulent life of the early Christian communities. Neyrey’s fascinating study not only provides an entirely new translation of the two texts, but also stirring...

sovereign. The author records another honor challenge to God in the scoffing question, “Where is …?” In the Bible, questions such as “Where is …?” regularly call into question the existence of a person or the truth of something. Such questions are highly insulting and so function as honor challenges. On the occasion of military defeat or failure of justice, Israel’s opponents asked “Where is your God?” (Deut 32:37; Judg 6:13; 2 Kgs 18:34; 19:13; Pss 42:3, 10; 79:10; Isa 36:19; 51:13; Jer 2:6; Hos
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