Virtue Amidst Vice

by J. Daryl Charles

Virtue amidst Vice represents an attempt to probe a relatively obscure portion of a relatively obscure New Testament document. 2 Peter reflects a social setting that presents a most daunting pastoral challenge. The danger confronting the Christian community is a lapse in ethical standards and a return-whether by mere forgetfulness or in wholesale apostasy-to the former way of life. 2 Peter's prophetic and paraenetic response borrows from the moral...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1850756864
• ISBN13: 9781850756866
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"