Full Description
This book studies comparisons and possible trajectories between three 'catholic' epistles, and traditions associated with Jesus. Part A analyzes why James would recall the teachings of Jesus, how he alters these teachings, and what such adaptation suggests about his audience. Part B turns to the Jesus tradition and 1 and 2 Peter. What can 1 Peter's use of Isaiah 53 tell us about the historical Jesus? How has 1 Peter conflated early Jesus traditions with those of ancient Judaism in order to develop certain ideas? How does 2 Peter allude to Gospel traditions? Moreover, how does the author of 2 Peter use early Jesus traditions as a sort of testimony? The book is an important contribution to scholarship on source criticism, ancient rhetoric, and the influence of Hellenistic, Judean and Roman traditions on early Christianity.
Contents
Introduction - Alicia J. Batten and John S. Kloppenborg/Part A: The Letter of James and Jesus Traditions/1. Q and James: A Source-Critical Conundrum - Paul Foster/2. Wholeness in James and the Q Source - Patrick J. Hartin/3. The Audience of James and the Sayings of Jesus - Dale C. Allison, Jr./4. The Urbanization of Jesus Traditions in James - Alicia J. Batten/5. Stoicism, Social Stratification, and the Q Tradition in James: A Suggestion about James' Audience - David A. Kaden/Part B: First and Second Peter and the Jesus Tradition/1. Jesus Remembered in 1 Peter? Early Jesus Traditions, Isaiah 53, and 1 Pet 2:21-25 - David G. Horrell/2. Early Jesus Tradition in 1 Peter 3:18-22 - Duane F. Watson/3. The Gospels of Matthew and John in the Second Letter of Peter - Terrance Callan/4. The Testimony of Peter: 2 Peter and the Gospel Traditions - Gene L. Green
