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This volume offers a new interpretation of the theology and the narrative context of 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, and Jude. Risto Saarinen makes three unique claims: 1) the Pastoral Epistles need to be understood in terms of character formation and diagnostic language, 2) the treatment of gifts and giving is a prominent feature of the epistles, and 3) a theological exegesis of these books...

The Letter of Jude has not drawn much attention in historical scholarship. It has been called the “most neglected book of the New Testament” (so the title of Rowston 1974). The same can be said with regard to its consideration by contemporary systematic theology. And yet, this epistle offers a fascinating window on the Jewish-Christian issues that continue to stimulate theological reflection.1 Because Jude uses the motifs of the Jewish Bible to argue its Christian theology, the
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