Israel2 Peter
Petrou B
Anonymous (traditionally attributed to the apostle Peter; near-universal critical consensus regards it as pseudonymous) · c. AD 100-150; widely regarded as the latest-written text in the New Testament · place of composition unknown (Italy) · letters
2 Peter absorbs and rewrites nearly all of Jude to combat teachers who mock the delay of Christ's promised return, treating that delayed Parousia as a settled, multi-generational problem and referring to a collection of Paul's letters already read, and disputed, as scripture.
Descends from
- Jude · c. AD 90-110; must predate 2 Peter, which reuses and expands most of its content
- 1 Peter · c. AD 60-100
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