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One of the earliest works of ground breaking scholar Richard Bauckham, this commentary provides a detailed examination of the socio-historical context with a special emphasis on the political state of the ancient world at the end of the first century. Bauckham reviews textual data, and draws out insight and applications for contemporary life.

Like the Introduction to Jude, this Introduction presupposes the exegetical discussion in the commentary. Second Peter belongs to two literary genres, the letter and the testament. It not only calls itself a letter (3:1), but it is a real letter, whose letter-opening (1:1–2) conforms to the style of the Jewish and early Christian letter. An introductory statement of theme (1:3–11) and an explanation of the occasion for the letter (1:12–15) follow. As in many NT letters,
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