Terrance Callan, «Use of the Letter of Jude by the Second Letter of Peter» biblica, Vol. 85 (2004) 42-64 page 48

Vol 85 (2004)

Terrance Callan, «Use of the Letter of Jude by the Second Letter of Peter», Vol. 85 (2004) 42-64

Assuming that 2 Pet 2,1–3,3 is dependent on Jude 4-18, this essay describes in detail the way the author of 2 Peter has used Jude’s material. It is clear that the author of 2 Peter has not simply incorporated Jude, as is sometimes asserted. Rather, 2 Peter has thoroughly reworked Jude to serve its own purposes. 2 Pet 2,1–3,3 is best described as a free paraphrase of Jude 4-18. The relationship between the two texts is similar to the relationship between 1 Clem 36.2-5 and Heb 1,3-13.

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48 Terrance Callan that it is a futuristic use of the present tense (16). The author of 2 Peter argues the truth of 2,3 in vv. 4-10a. Thus 2 Pet 2,1-3 is a thorough revision of Jude 4-5. This revision served to connect the material 2 Peter adapted from Jude with the earlier part of 2 Peter, to predict the coming of false teachers, and to introduce the main things for which they would be criticized in 2 Pet 2,4â€“3,3. The author of 2 Peter rewrote the main clause and final participial phrase of Jude 4 in 2 Pet 2,1; he rewrote the second participial phrase from Jude 4 in 2 Pet 2,2; and he rewrote the first participial phrase from Jude 4 in 2 Pet 2,3. 2 Peterâ€™s reference to the people of Israel in 2,1 and its three references to destruction of the false teachers in 2,1.3 may have been suggested by Jude 5. 2. Jude 5-8a / 2 Pet 2,4-10a 1,5 ~Ã”Ãpomnh'sai de; uJma'" bouvlomai, eijdovta" ÂªuJma'"Âº pavnta o{ti ÂªoJÂº kuvrio" a{pax lao;n ejk gh'" Aijguvptou swvsa" to; deuvteron tou;" mh; pisteuvsanta" ajpwvlesen, 2,4 Eij ga;r oJ qeo;" ajggevlwn 1,6 ajggevlou" te tou;" mh; thrhvsanta" th;n aJmarthsavntwn oujk ejfeivsato ajlla; eJautw'n ajrch;n ajlla; ajpolipovnta" to; i[dion seirai'" zovfou tartarwsa" parevdwken v oikhthrion eij" krisin megavlh" hJmevra" j v v eij" krisin throumenou",v v desmoi'" aji>divoi" uJpo; zovfon tethrhken, v 2,5 kai; ajrcaivou kovsmou oujk ejfeivsato ajlla; o[gdoon Nw'e dikaiosuvnh" khvruka ejfuvlaxen kataklusmo;n kovsmw/ ajsebw'n ejpavxa", 2,6 kai; povlei" Sodomwn kai; Gomorra" v v 1,7 wJ" Sovdoma kai; Gomorra kai; aiJ peri; v tefrwsa" Âªkatastrofh'/Âº katevkrinen v aujta;" povlei" ton o{moion trovpon touvtoi" ; ejkporneuvsasai kai; ajpelqou'sai opisw jv sarko" eJtevra", ; uJpovdeigma mello vntwn ajsebevÂªsÂºin prokeintai dei'gma puro;" aijwnivou divkhn v teqeikw",v uJpevcousai. 2,7 kai; divkaion Lw;t kataponouvmenon uJpo; th'" tw'n ajqevsmwn ejn ajselgeiva/ anastrofh" ejrruvsato: 8 blevmmati ga;r j ' kai; ajkoh'/ oJ divkaio" ejgkatoikw'n ejn aujtoi'" hJmevran ejx hJmevra" yuch;n dikaivan ajnovmoi" e[rgoi" ejbasavnizen: 9 oi\den kuvrio" eujsebei'" ejk peirasmou' rJuvesqai, ajdivkou" de; eij" hJmevran krivsew" kolazomevnou" threi'n, 2,10 mavlista de; tou;" ojpivsw sarko" en ;j 1,8 Ã”Omoivw" mevntoi kai; ou|toi ejpiqumiva/ miasmou' poreuomevnou" kai; enupniazomenoi savrka me;n miaivnousin j v kuriothto" katafronounta". v ' kuriothta de; ajqetou'sin v (16) WATSON, Invention, 110-111.