Theology

Wolfgang Grünstäudl

Petrus Alexandrinus

Studien zum historischen und theologischen Ort des Zweiten Petrusbriefes

[Petrus Alexandrinus. Studies of the Historical and Theological Location of 2 Peter.]

2013. XII, 363 pages.

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2. Reihe 353

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At the beginning of the 20th century, F.H. Chase called for a study »that would have for its primary object the examination in detail of the relation [...] of 2 Peter to early Christian literature, and especially to the pseudepigraphical and apocryphal documents« as a precondition for identifying the historical context of 2 Peter. Acting on this suggestion, Wolfgang Grünstäudl analyzes the relationship of 2 Peter to other Petrine pseudepigrapha and investigates the use of this epistle by early Christian writers.
At the beginning of the 20th century, F.H. Chase called for a study »that would have for its primary object the examination in detail of the relation [...] of 2 Peter to early Christian literature, and especially to the pseudepigraphical and apocryphal documents« as a precondition for identifying the historical context of 2 Peter. Acting on this suggestion, Wolfgang Grünstäudl analyzes the relationship of 2 Peter to other Petrine pseudepigrapha and investigates the use of this epistle by early Christian writers. As a result, 2 Peter is described as an Alexandrian text, probably written in the second half of the second century. Moreover, Grünstäudl argues that 2 Peter uses the Greek-Ethiopic Apocalypse of Peter and is to be read in the wider context of Clement of Alexandria's theology.
Authors/Editors

Wolfgang Grünstäudl Geboren 1977; Studium der Kath. Fachtheologie und der Kath. Religionspädagogik; 2013 Promotion; 2013–18 Akademischer Rat, seit 2018 Akademischer Oberrat am Institut für Kath. Theologie der Bergischen Universität Wuppertal.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8720-2972

Reviews

The following reviews are known:

In: Review of Biblical Literature — http://www.bookreviews.org (07/2015) (Rob van Houwelingen)
In: Studien zum NT u.seiner Umwelt — 40 (2015), S. 191–193 (Friedrich W. Horn)
In: Theologische Revue — 110 (2014), S. 478–480 (Adrian Wypadlo)
In: Journal for the Study of the New Testament (JSNT) — 37.5 (2015), S. 95–96 (Paul Foster)
In: Biblische Zeitschrift — 59 (2015), S. 308–310 (Karl Matthias Schmidt)
In: New Testament Abstracts — 58 (2014), S. 596–597
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