Is it a miracle that Simon Peter wrote 2nd Peter a century after he died?

Question

It's in some pretty florid Greek for an illiterate fisherman, too.

Sadly, Uncle Thesis response puts him in a small minority of CHRISTIAN historians.

Most New Testament scholars agree that Peter could have written this book.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

It is difficult to put an exact date on the book. It may have been written by Simon Peter himself or by a Christian in a later time that took the same name in his honor (this was not an uncommon practice; remember that there were 2 Johns and 2 Judases in the gospels; the second Judas you recognize as St. Jude). Most researchers put the date between 60 AD (seven years before his death) to 160 AD (in which case, it may have been written by another author who managed to compile Peter's notes and ideas, written and rooted in Christian verbal traditions).

Plus, don't forget: on Pentecost, the Apostles were given the gifts of tongues (speaking in many different languages), so it wouldn't be odd to see it in Greek.

Answer 3

Peter had someone writing for him. The fact that the oldest complete manuscript that we have from Peter is that age, doesn't validate that it didn't exist before that. We have plenty of historical documents that were duplicates through out the ages. Particularly these manuscripts were written on Papyri which is organic and does decay over time.

The Early church fathers and scribes would make duplicates of the letters and pass them on. there were not a lot of them because of the time it took to copy off the scriptures.

2Ti 3:16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
2Ti 3:17 that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.




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Also note quotes from the Early Church Fathers dating back as far as: 65AD

Most significant evidence was Polycarp.
Polycarp is reported to have lived from 65-155 AD.

This could place the authorship of this book between these same years.

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Answer 4

If he did, that would be quite the miracle.
Too bad you simply make sweeping statements instead of providing facts.
Want some facts?
2 Peter was written in 64A.D., from the general vicinity of Babylon.
Peter had a good idea when writing that his death was imminent.
Source?
'Early Catalogs of the Christian Greek Scriptures'.

Answer 5

No miracle needed, as there's no conclusive evidence that 2nd Peter was written by anyone other than Peter himself. That he was illiterate is mere conjecture as well.

Answer 6

And your proof is ... where? Even the harshest critics of 2 Peter do not claim to have "proof" it was written 100 years after he died. They use more sophisticated arguments, which have apparently confused you.

Answer 7

No, someone was inspired by Peter and wrote it in his name. It happened often in the Bible - there were, for example, at least three authors of the book of Isaiah, writing over two centuries.

Answer 8

Taking scripture literally is a BIG mistake. Looking for factual, literal history & biography in scripture indicates that you worship the scripture and not the spiritual principles. That is why iconoclasm was invented.

Answer 9

Not buying your attempted slander of Gods word.

Answer 10

That would certainly qualify as a miracle in my book! (Which I'm planning to publish BEFORE my death! I'm NOT a miracle-worker yet!)

Answer 11

Quite the miracle! Thank you GOD.