Intertextual Strategy of the Narrator of the Second Epistle of Peter in the Catalogue of Virtues (1:5-7)
Mariusz Rosik
Papieski Wydział Teologiczny we Wrocławiu , Polandhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1943-8649
Kalina Wojciechowska
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0028-6905
Abstract
The Second Epistle of Peter is one of the least studied texts of the New Testament. It is usually compared with 1 Peter and/or Jude and indeed shows some similarities and some differences with these texts. But little attention is paid to the originality of 2 Peter both in its interpretation of texts from the Jewish tradition and in the application of intertextual strategies to elements of Greek philosophy. 2 Pet 1:5-7 is undoubtedly one of the most Hellenized passages of the epistle. Not only did the narrator use a hierarchical catalog of virtues popular in Greek literature, but also terms that are commonly associated with ethics, especially the stoic ethics (faith – πίστις; virtue – ἀρετή; knowledge – γνῶσις). This article aims to present the manner in which the narrator in 2 Pet 1:5-7 enters into dialogue with Greek ethical texts and how he transforms, innovates, and reinterprets these texts. In other words, what intertextual strategy he uses.
Keywords:
Second Letter of Peter, hypertextualism, intertextuality, catalog of virtues, stoic ethics, faith, knowledge, virtue, 2 Peter 1:5-7References
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Papieski Wydział Teologiczny we Wrocławiu
Kalina Wojciechowska – luterańska biblistka, dr hab. teologii, profesor w Katedrze Wiedzy Nowotestamentowej i Języka Greckiego Chrześcijańskiej Akademii Teologicznej w Warszawie i kierownik tej katedry. Wykładowczyni Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego oraz Ewangelikalnej Wyższej Szkoły Teologicznej we Wrocławiu. Wiceprzewodnicząca Komitetu Nauk Teologicznych PAN, członkini Zespołu Języka Religijnego Rady Języka Polskiego przy prezydium PAN. Zajmuje się egzegezą ksiąg narracyjnych Nowego Testamentu oraz listów powszechnych.
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