Not by Paul Alone: The Formation of the Catholic Epistle Collection and the Christian Canon

ISBN-13: 9781602583405 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 285 str.

David R. Neinhuis

Opis

Not by Paul Alone explores the historical reasons for the creation of the book of James and the implications for the creation of the Christian canon. Nienhuis makes a compelling case that James was written in the mid-second century and is, like 2 Peter, an attempt to provide a distinctive shape to the emerging New Testament. This book bolsters the claim that the Catholic Epistles not only have a distinct witness individually, but that collectively they are also a considered theological agenda within the Christian church.

Spis treści

• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• 1 Introduction
• 2 A Canonical History of the New Testament Catholic Epistle Collection
• 3 Early James Traditions and the Canonical Letter of James
• 4 Reading James as a Canon-conscious Pseudepigraph
• 5 Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index