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Reading the Epistles of James, Peter, John, and Jude as Scripture: The Shaping and Shape of a Canonical Collection is unavailable, but you can change that!

Through a detailed examination of the historical shaping and final canonical shape of seven oft-neglected New Testament letters James, 1 & 2 Peter, 1, 2, & 3 John, and Jude, this text introduces readers to the historical, literary, and theological integrity of this indispensable apostolic witness. While most modern scholars interpret biblical texts against the diversity of their individual...

with the epistle that bears the name of Jude, which is also one of the seven so-called Catholic Epistles. Nevertheless we know that these also, with the rest, have been read publicly in very many churches. (H.E. 2.23.25) He says something rather similar about 2 Peter: “the so-called second epistle [of Peter] we have not received as canonical, but nevertheless it has appeared useful to many, and has been studied with the other scriptures” (H.E. 3.3.1). In these comments Eusebius provides us with a
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