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How can St. Peter write 2nd Peter if he copies off Jude? Who was dead when Jude was written?

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Most critical scholars believe that St. Peter copies or mimics off the book of Jude and that Peter is dependent on Jude, since he quotes from and uses a lot of similar phrasing and words. I have included a list of examples below, but an issue with this is that Jude would have been written when Peter had died, so how could Peter have written 2 Peter, if this is the case? - Jude 4 and 2 Peter 2:1 - Jude 5 and 2 Peter 2:4–6 - Jude 6 and 2 Peter 2:4 - Jude 7 and 2 Peter 2:6 - Jude 8 and 2 Peter 2:10 - Jude 10 and 2 Peter 2:11 - Jude 11 and 2 Peter 2:12 - Jude 12-13 and 2 Peter 2:13, 17 - Jude 16 and 2 Peter 2:18 - Jude 17-18 and 2 Peter 3:2–3 Does that mean that 2nd Peter was a pseudepigrapha as scholars such as Bart Erhman argues and how would Christians normally answer this charge?
Asked by Connor Jones (37 rep)
Sep 15, 2025, 01:18 PM
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