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$\"\"$ David R. Nienhuis & Robert W. Wall<\/strong><\/span>
\nReading the Epistles of James, Peter, John & Jude as Scripture: The Shaping & Shape of A Canonical Collection<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\nGrand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2013.
\nAvailable at Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n

People write about the theology of the \u00a0four gospels (tetraevangelium) and the Pauline corpus (Paulinium) so why not also the Catholic letters (Apostolos)? Glad to say that Nienhuis and Wall have a tackle at it in this book in a largely synchronic reading of the Catholic letters.<\/p>\n

They argue that the Catholic Epistles (CE) represent a \u201cdistinctive and coherent witness alongside the Pauline corpus\u201d (5). They lament that the CE are \u201coffered up as the leftovers of the NT, an optional plate of \u2018other writings\u2019 to be consumed, should one desire, after the main course of Gospel and Paul\u201d (8). Nienhuis and Wall aim to show that the CE \u201cbe read together as the interpenetrating parts of a coherent whole\u201d (10).<\/p>\n

In several places \u2013 and much like Jerome \u2013 they do not think the authorship of the CE is that important. They state: \u201cThe church\u2019s discernment of the Spirit\u2019s leading role in the production of the biblical canon is not predicated on the identity of a text\u2019s author but on its effect in forming a congregation that is wise for salvation and mature for good works\u201d (12).<\/p>\n

They also argue that \u201cthe CE collection is revealed to be the piece de resistance that determined the ultimate norm of the NT canon. It is the final brushstroke of canonization, without which the masterwork of the NT would have been incomplete\u201d (17-18).<\/p>\n

A highlight of the book is also the introduction, short commentary, and theology of each of the CE too.<\/p>\n

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