{"product_id":"9780567671110-the-letters-of-jude-and-second-peter-an-introduction-and-study-guide","title":"The Letters of Jude and Second Peter: An Introduction and Study Guide","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eParanoia and the Slaves of Christ\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to this, in an adventurous excursion, the letter of Jude is read intertextually with the classic science fiction\/horror film, \u003ci\u003eInvasion of the Body Snatchers\u003c\/i\u003e (Siegel 1956), in order to explore the dynamics of paranoia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450728493430,"sku":"9780567671110","price":20.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27270500.jpg?v=1760453881","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780567671110-the-letters-of-jude-and-second-peter-an-introduction-and-study-guide","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}