Catholic Epistles Lecture Outline

For those of you in Dr. Sechrest's NT2 class at Fuller, here is the outline from my lecture this morning:

I. Catholic Epistles - James, 1/2 Peter, Jude

II. James: Basic Information

Author
~James (1.1)
Audience
~The 12 tribes (1.1)
Date (pre-62; 80’s or 90’s)
Literary Form
~A letter/epistle?
~Something else?
Canonicity

III. James: Theological Motifs

Highly Parenetic
~Rooted in Judaism
~Jesus Tradition
Social Concern
Temptation
Suffering
Speech
Prayer

IV. James: Faith and Works

James 2.14-26
Gal 2.16/Rom 3.28
Anti-Pauline?
Resolvable?
~Different Definitions
~A Misunderstanding
~Different Situations

V. 1 Peter: Basic Information

Author
~Peter (1.1)
Audience
~God’s elect, strangers in the world… (1.1)
Date (60; 70-90)
Literary Form
Canonicity

VI. 1 Peter: Theological Motifs

Suffering
The Descent of Christ into Hell (3.19; 4.6)
Ecclesiology (2.9)
Relation to Paul
~Form
~Terminology
~~“in Christ” (3.16; 5.10,14)
~~“charism” (4.10-11)
~Gentiles (2.9)

VII. Jude

Author & Audience (v1)
Date (50’s; 90-100)
Canonicity
Extra-Biblical Quotes
~Assumption of Moses (v9)
~1 Enoch (vv14-15)
Theological Themes
~False Teachers
~Perseverance in Suffering
~Parousia

VII. 2 Peter

Author & Audience (1.1)
Second Letter (3.1)
Date (130)
Canonicity
Relationship to Jude
Theological Themes
~Knowledge
~False Teachers
~The Parousia
Aware of Paul’s Letters (3.15-16)

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