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While the Gospels, Paul's Letters, and the Book of Revelation have been well served by volumes orienting readers to the scholarly literature and to their reception histories, Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles have not received nearly the same attention. This relative neglect is in part a legacy of the Reformation in the sixteenth century. Insofar as doctrinal purity in Protestant circles was defined according to rubrics that were, implicitly or explicitly, Pauline in orientation, Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles were at an obvious disadvantage. However, these writings have had a great influence on Christianity throughout the centuries.
As it turns out, the study of Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles was never truly confined to their place in fraught ecclesiastical disputes. Recent decades have witnessed a resurgence of interest in these writings. The present volume seeks to assess the relevance of these works to various questions that are often posed to other parts of the New Testament canon, to report on the current state of scholarship devoted to the interpretive issues they raise, and to survey their rich and often-overlooked afterlives.
Divided into four parts-general issues, topics related to Hebrews, topics related to the Catholic Epistles, and reception and engagement-The Oxford Handbook of Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles studies these books individually as witnesses to the cultural and theological diversity of the early church but also for what they reveal about the process that would eventually produce the New Testament canon.
Contents
Preface, Patrick Gray
Part I : General Issues
The Text of Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles, Thomas J. Kraus
Hebrews, the Catholic Epistles, and the Canon, Darian Lockett
Hebrews, the Catholic Epistles, and the Arithmetic of Canon Lists, Clare K. Rothschild
Anonymity, Orthonymity, and Pseudonymity in Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles, Armin D. Baum
Hebrews, the Catholic Epistles, and Pauline Christianity, Bryan R. Dyer
Hebrews, the Catholic Epistles, and the "Parting of the Ways," Matt Jackson-McCabe
Hebrews, the Catholic Epistles, and the "Delay of the Parousia," Simon J. Gathercole
Part II: Hebrews
Hebrews: Contested Issues, Kenneth Schenck
Hebrews and the Question of Supersessionism, Philip Church
How Hebrews Reads Scripture, Susan Docherty
Hebrews and the Atonement, David M. Moffitt
Part III: The Catholic Epistles
The Letter of James: Contested Issues, Alicia Batten
1 Peter: Contested Issues, Duane F. Watson
2 Peter and Jude: Contested Issues, Travis B. Williams
The Johannine Letters: Contested Issues, William M. Wright IV
James and the Historical Jesus, Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr
The Ecclesiology of the Catholic Epistles, David J. Downs
Apocalyptic Traditions in the Catholic Epistles, Katie Marcar
Part IV: Reception and Engagement
The Reception History of Hebrews, Jason A. Whitlark
The Reception History of the Letter of James, David B. Gowler
The Reception History of 1-2 Peter and Jude, Patrick Gray and Adam Booth
The Reception History of the Johannine Epistles, Alicia D. Myers
The Reception of Hebrews in the Roman Catholic Tradition at the Council of Trent, Alan C. Mitchell
Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles in Protestant Creeds, Confessions, Liturgy, and Song, Amy Peeler and Lance Peeler
