2 Peter

A. Chadwick Thornhill is Professor of Biblical and Theological studies at the John W. Rawlings School of Divinity at Liberty University.

• Introduction; Suggested readings; Commentary; A theology of 2 Peter; Appendix A. A Structural Diagram of 2 Peter (Phrases and Clauses); Appendix B. Hapaxes in 2 Peter; Appendix C. Common Vocabulary between 1 and 2 Peter, including Cognate Terms; Index.

'2 Peter is quite a difficult piece of literature to lay out in a readable manner. Professor Chad Thornhill has managed that task in the style of the best of the evangelical scholarly tradition. He not only tackles all the difficult issues of introduction, such as authorship, style, and canonicity, with careful listening to the full range of positions before coming to measured conclusions, but does so in a readable manner. Likewise in the commentary text, he proceeds carefully and thoroughly, but also makes his arguments clear to less scholarly readers by putting Greek in parentheses after the translation, while not sacrificing scholarly thoroughness. He is to be congratulated for this significant contribution to Petrine scholarship and his demonstrating to the church the importance of 2 Peter.' Peter H. Davids, Chaplain, Our Lady of Guadalupe Priory, Georgetown, Texas