The Theology of the Letters of James, Peter, and Jude [Paperback]

A balanced and comprehensive treatment of these greatly neglected New Testament letters.Setting the largely neglected letters of James, 1 and 2 Peter and Jude in context and examining their major themes, this study argues that they are important for the theology of the New Testament as well as for contemporary discussion about the nature and character of Christian faith today.Setting the largely neglected letters of James, 1 and 2 Peter and Jude in context and examining their major themes, this study argues that they are important for the theology of the New Testament as well as for contemporary discussion about the nature and character of Christian faith today.The letters of James, 1 and 2 Peter, and Jude are among the most neglected parts of the New Testament, for they lack the immediacy and specificity of the Pauline letters. The authors of this study seek to remedy such neglect; they set the letters in context, examine their major themes, and argue that they are important both for the theology of the New Testament generally and for contemporary discussion about the nature and character of Christian faith today.Editor's preface; List of abbreviations; The theology of James Andrew Chester; The theology of Jude Ralph P. Martin; The theology of 1 Peter Ralph P. Martin; The theology of 2 Peter Ralph P. Martin.