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This Guide surveys the more important historical, socio-cultural, theological, and literary factors we must grapple with in understanding the two letters of Jude and Second Peter, between which there are very strong similarities. It appears that the letter of Jude was almost entirely 'plagiarized' by the letter of Second Peter. George Aichele's main approach is the method of semiotics, examining signifying mechanisms in each of the texts both independently and when they are read together. In both of the letters, Jesus Christ is called the 'master', with a Greek word that means 'slave-owner', and the authors of both books refer to themselves and other Christians as the slaves of Christ. Furthermore, both writings report situations of paranoid fear within Christian communities of their time as they picture heretical infiltrators who threaten to pervert and perhaps even destroy the community. In addition to this, in an adventurous excursion, the letter of Jude is read intertextually with the classic science fiction/horror film, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Siegel 1956), in order to explore the dynamics of paranoia.
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Letters of Jude and Second Peter: an introduction and study guide : paranoia and the slaves of Christ
2017, Bloomsbury T & T Clark
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The letters of Jude and Second Peter: paranoia and the slaves of Christ
2012, Sheffield Phoenix Press
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Originally published by Sheffield Phoenix Press in 2012.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Aichele uses the framework of semiotics to approach the New Testament books Jude and 2 Peter. The letter of Jude has a strong resemblance to a section of 2 Peter. Both use an authoritarian title for Christ which is absent everywhere else in the New Testament. Both are concerned about the corruption of the Church by alternative ideas claiming to be Christian. But the books have differences from each other as well.
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