An Introduction to the Catholic Epistles [Paperback]

This book introduces the Epistles and discusses??the different interpretive approaches which have been used to gain a clearer understanding of them. An introductory chapter defines the Epistles and describes the history of their canonization,??following chapters are??devoted to each of the texts??with each chapter??including: 1) historical-cultural background; 2) the social-scientific context; 3) social-rhetorical purposes; 4) narrative discourse; 5) postcolonial and 6) feminist insights; and finally 7) theological perspectives. At the end of each chapter there??are suggestions for further reading and a list of reflection questions. Several chapters include a section??or two considering a particular interpretive issue especially relevant to the particular text. After taking up each text,??Lockett considers again whether the??Epistles are a unified whole or to be heard as individual voices. Here the book??interacts with some of the ideas of Rob Wall and David Nienhuis regarding the various thematic/theological connections running through the texts. A final chapter??takes up the relationship between the Pauline Epistles and the Catholic Epistles within the New Testament.

What are the Catholic Epistles?/James/1 Peter/Jude/ 2 Peter/Thematic/Theological connections in the CE/The Catholic Epistles in the Shadow of Paul?