The Theology of the Letters of James, Peter, and Jude (New Testament Theology) PDF
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mmom OF JdMPS, AND JUDE ANDREW CHESTER RALPH P. MARTIN b The lcttcn oTJams, Peter, and Jude number among the moat nglatcd pam d the New Tatammt. The authon d this ttudv awe that lhc lctten in auntion am morr thmlogicaliy si&ificant than is often cdnsidercd the cau, and have a dirtinruve role to play in contemporary dir- euuion of Christian faith. Andrew Chnrcr sets Jamn in context and dirusscs itr main thcmn: achatology, faith and works, ethical and social eaching; and (to a lmcr crtrnt , law, xtrdom. human natum, mtnl%tn.( ;d,a nd Chntt. H.r addmsn the pmhlcmr that Jamn has ken srm to m.. in rrlatnon to Paul. br rhr canon and cohcmnec of the New Tntamcnt, and points ro the sig- nificance of James for fhc pmnt day, crpecially in iu attack on the rich and powcrful and iu demands for faith to k lived out in everyday life. Ralph P. Mart~nin turn shows how Jude and I and 2 Pctcr give insight into .lcwish Christianity in its earlint development; how the Chrkttan movrmmt wasundrntmd man outlynnq region uf shr empar.. and how thc ~nrt.apo.tol~cchurchu t~l~rrd the mcmurv of Pctrr for itr practical nerds Thr rnulr~ng picture conrtitutes an crpcrt and long-ovcrduc treatment of thew lctten as valuable theological documents in their own right. NEW TESTAMENT THEOLOGY General Editor: Jam.- D. G. Dunn, Lightfoot Professor of Divinity, Univenity of Durham The theology of the letten ofJames, Peter, and Jude This serin pmvider a programmatic survey of the indi- vidual writings ofthe New Testament. It aims to remedy thc ddicicncy ofavailable published material, which has tended to concentrate on historical, extual, grammati- cal, and literaryiarunat thecxpcnacolrhc theology, or to lmosae tdiisdti sntcutidvien eomfo'h~ahaecsT ohfm inlodgivyi douf aPl awulr'i tainAn itnh es wiiktcc-. New Tcstsmcnt specialists hcrc write at greater length than is usually pmriblc in the intmductions tocommcnta- ricr or as part or other Ncw Testament thmlogin, and explore the thmlogical theme and iruues of their chosen books without being tied to a mmmcntary format, or to a thematic structure drawn fmm elsewhere. When com- plete, the scrin will cover all the New Testament writings, and will thus provide an attractive, and timely, range of texts around which eouncr can be dcvclopcd. THE THEOLOGY OF THE LETTERS OF JAMES, PETER, AND JUDE ANDREW CHESTER h min Dminib, Un'mr~.IIL Zndddfd RALPH P. MARTIN hf131 flihllka1SMi.I. Umim~9ofSbJWd *? oy,3 5@, 8 h.nh.rk mvn 51' 3568 8 p.prrb.ck Tlansremd to digital printing 1999 Contents Edttor'i preface Lbt of abbreuiations 1 THE THEOLOGY OF JAMES Andrew Chesln Introduction I James: background and context I James: theolop). 3 James and the New Testament q James: significance for today List ofrtjierences 61 I1 THE THEOLOGY OF JUDE, I PETER, AND 2 PETER Ralph P. Martin 5 Jude 6 r Peter 7 2 Peter Select btblzogruphy Index for James Index for 3udc Index for I Peter Index for 2 Peter Editor's preface Although the NmT estament is usually taught within Depart- ments or Schools or Facultia of Thmlo-a.v /Divinit.v /Reli-a ion. theological study of the individual Nml 'mtamrnt writinp is ohrn minimal or at k tp atchy. Thc masons for this arc not hard to discern. For one thing, the traditional style ofstudying a New Testa- ment document is by means ofstraight exegesis, often vet= by verse. Theological concerns jostle with interesting historical, textual, grammatical and literary issues, onen at the cost of the theological. Such cxgesis is usually very time-consuming, so that only one or two key writings can be treated in any depth within a crowded thm-year syllabus. For another, there is a marked lack of suitable textboob mund which courses could be developed. Commentaries arc likely to lose theological comment within a mas ofothcr detail in the same way as exegetical lectures. The section on the thealagyofadocument in the Intmduction to a commentary is oncn very briefand may do little more than pick out elements within the writing under a sequence of headings drawn fmm systematic theology. Excunusco usually deal with only one or two rrlccted topin. Likewisc larger works on New Tcrtament Thmlogy usually treat Paul's lcttm as a whole and, having devoted the great bulk of their space to Jesus, Paul, and John, can spare only a few pagen for others. In consequence. there is little incentive on the Dan of teacher or siudcnt to engage with a particular Nm~ dtament document, and students have to be content with a general overview, at best complemented by indepth study of (patisof)
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