02164nam 2200421 450 991078043300332120230627032543.09781628373189(CKB)26271324100041(MiAaPQ)EBC30404098(Au-PeEL)EBL30404098(EXLCZ)992627132410004120230627d2023 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierInterpreting 2 Peter through African American women's moral writings /Shively T.J. Smith1st ed.Atlanta, GA :SBL Press,[2023]©20231 online resource (241 pages)Early Christianity and Its Literature Series ;v.329781628373172 Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-204) and indexes."Shively T. J. Smith reconsiders what is most distinct, troubling, and potentially thrilling about the often overlooked and dismissed book of 2 Peter. Using the rhetorical strategies of nineteenth-century African American women, including Ida B. Wells, Jarena Lee, Anna Julia Cooper, and others, Smith redefines the use of biblical citations, the language of justice and righteousness, and even the matter of pseudonymity in 2 Peter. She approaches 2 Peter as an instance of Christian cultural rhetoric that forges a particular kind of community identity and behavior. This pioneering study considers how 2 Peter cultivates the kind of human relations and attitudes that speak to the values of moral people seeking justice in the past as well as today.--Publisher, page four of cover.Early Christianity and Its Literature SeriesAfrican American womenReligious life19th centuryAfrican American womenReligious life220.6Smith Shively T. J.1213262MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910780433003321Interpreting 2 Peter through African American women's moral writings3800826UNINA