WSNT – Wuppertaler Studienbibel Neues Testament
WUNT – Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament
ZNW – Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche
Ancient Sources
ANF – Anti –Nicene Fathers
Aristotle
Eth. Nic. – Nicomachean Ethics
Poet. – Poetics
Pol. – Politics
Babylonian Talmud (b.)
Barn. – Epistle of Barnabas
Cicero
Flac. – Pro Flacco
1 Clem. – 1 Clement
2 Clem – 2 Clement
Did. – Didache
1 En. – 1 Enoch
3 En. – 3 Enoch (Hebrew Apocalypse)
Dead Sea Scrolls
1QS – Rule of the Congregation
CD – Community Rules
Dio Crysostom
Or. – Orationes
Epictetus
Ep. Ar. – Arist. Epistle of Aristeas
Eusebius
Hist. Eccl – Ecclesiastical History
Gen. Rab. – Genesis Rabbah
Gos. Thom. – Gospel of Thomas
Greco-Roman Inscriptions
BGU IV 1137 (AGRW 281)
IAssos 26, c. 37 CE
IEph 3801 (c. 35–54 CE) (AGRW 160)
IG II2 1365 (AGWR 33.)
IG II² 1369 (ca. 100 CE) (AGRW 8)
IG XI,4 1299 (AGRW 221)
IGR IV 144, c. 41–54 CE (AGRW 108)
IGRR VI 314
ILS 9495 = ILAfr 306
IMT 573 – Inschriften Mysia und Troas
IMT 1431 = IGR IV 144 ((37/36 BCE) (AGRW 108)
ISardBR 22 (ca. 100 BCE) (AGRW 122)
IGLSkythia III 44 (AGRW 74)
ISmyrna 633 – (c.a. 129–31) ()
ISmyrna 731 (AGRW 116)
IEph 3801 (c. 45–54 CE) (AGRW 160)
GRA 1 49 = IG II² 1369 (AGRW 8)
GRA I 90 = IByzantion 31 (c. 85–96 CE) (AGRW 68)
GLSkythia III 35
Jerome
Ep. Heb. – Letter to Hebedia
John Chrysostom
Jos. Asen. – Joseph and Aseneth
Josephus
Ag. Ap. – Contra Apion
Ant. – Antiquities
J. W. – Jewish Wars
Jub. – Jubilees
Life – The Life of Flavius Josephus
Justin Martyr
1 Apol. – First Apology
Dial. – Dialogues with Trypho
Livy
Hist. Rom. – Roman History
Martial
Epigr. – Epigrams
Mishnah (m.)
m. Ber. – Berakot
m. Sanh – Sanhedrin
Musinius, Rufus
Frag. 13 – Fragment 13
Origen
Cels. – Contra Celsum (Against Celsus)
De Princ. – De Principiis (First Principles)
Pesh. – Peshitta
Pirqe R. El. – Pirqe Rabbi Eliezer
Philo
Conf. – De confusione linguarum (On the Confusion of Tongues)
Flacc. – In Flaccum (Against Flaccum)
Vit. Mos. – De vita Mosis (On the Life of Moses)
Mut. Nom. – De mutatione nominum (On Changes of Names)
De post. Caini. – De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini (On the Sacrifices of Cain and Abel)
Vit. Cont . – De Vita Contemplativa (On a Contemplative Life)
Plato
Crat. – Cratylus
Poet. – Poetics
Rep. – Republic
Pliny the Younger
Ep. – Epistolae
Plutarch
Mor. – Moralia
Cam. – Camillus
Pseudepigrapha
Apoc. Ab. – Apocalypse of Abraham
2 Apoc. Bar. – Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch
T. Ab. – Testament of Abraham
T. Isaac – Testament of Isaac
T. Job – Testament of Job
T. Levi – Testament of Levi
Seneca
Ep. – Epistulae morales
Seutonius
Jul. – Divus Julius
Vit Caes. – The Twelve Caesars
Shepherd of Hermas
Mand. – Mandates
Vis. – Visions
Sir. – Sirach
Tg. Ps.-J. – Targum Pseudo-Jonathan
Tatian
Or. – Oration
Tacitus
Hist. – Historiae
Wis. – Wisdom of Solomon
Xenophon
Hist. Graec. – The History of Greece
Inscriptions
AGRW – Associations in the Greco-Roman World: A Sourcebook, edited by Richard Ascough, Philip A. Harland and John S. Kloppenborg (Waco, TX: De Gruyter/Baylor University Press, 2012).
Introduction to Jude and 2 Peter
General Introduction
No longer can we maintain the oft-quoted declaration made about three decades ago, that the so-called Petrine epistles (and Jude) are the most neglected books in the New Testament.1 True, the Gospels and the writings of Paul continue to dominate Biblical and Theological Studies, but the last fifteen to twenty years have seen a steady stream of publication of commentaries, journal articles, and conference papers that have increased the profile of General Epistle studies in the discipline. Such growth has even warranted the formation of a “James, Peter and Jude” section at the annual Society of Biblical Literature, which