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8 books match the query 'Epistle'
Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans
Peter Abelard
Catholic University of America Press, 2011
Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans, Books 1-5
Catholic University of America Press, 2001
Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans, Books 6-10
Catholic University of America Press, 2002
Epistle to Marguerite de Navarre and Preface to a Sermon by John Calvin
Marie Dentière
University of Chicago Press, 2004
Dentière's Very Useful Epistle (1539) is the first explicit statement of reformed theology by a woman to appear in French. Addressed to Queen Marguerite of Navarre, sister of the French king Francis I, the Epistle asks the queen to help those persecuted for their religious beliefs. Dentière offers a stirring defense of women and asserts their right to teach the word of God in public. She defends John Calvin against his enemies and attacks the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church. Her Preface (1561) to one of Calvin's sermons criticizes immodesty and extravagance in clothing and warns the faithful to be vigilant. Undaunted in the face of suppression and ridicule, this outspoken woman persisted as an active voice in the Reformation.
Epistle, Osprey
Geri Doran
Tupelo Press, 2019
Jewish Fictional Letters from Hellenistic Egypt
The Epistle of Aristeas and Related LiteratureL. Michael White
SBL Press, 2017
The first Greek text of the Epistle of Aristeas published in more than a century
The Greek text Epistle of Aristeas is a Jewish work of the late Hellenistic period that recounts the origins of the Septuagint. Long recognized as a literary fiction, the Epistle of Aristeas has been variously dated from the third century BCE to the first century CE. As a result, its epistolary features, and especially those in which the putative author, Aristeas, addresses his brother and correspondent, Philocrates, have largely been ignored. In light of more recent scholarship on epistolary literature in the Greco-Roman world, however, this volume presents for the first time a complete Greek text and English Translation with introduction, notes, and commentary of the Epistle of Aristeas with key testimonia from Philo, Josephus, and Eusebius, as well as other related examples of Jewish fictional letters from the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha.
Features
- Relevant excerpts from Eupolemus, 2 Maccabees, 3 Maccabees, and the Greek Additions to Esther with translations and introductions
- A critical introduction to ancient Greek letter-writing
- An outline of epistolary features in the text
Reading the Epistle of James
A Resource for StudentsEric F. Mason
SBL Press, 2019
Foundational essays for students of New Testament epistles
This accessible introduction to contemporary scholarship on the Epistle of James begins with chapters that consider possible sources and backgrounds used by the author of James, the genre and literary structure of the book, and its major theological themes. Building on this foundation, subsequent chapters examine James through social-scientific readings, perspectives of Latin American immigrants and the marginalized, and major recent developments in textual criticism. The final chapters in the volume address the relationship between the epistle and the historical James, reception of the epistle in the early church, and major Catholic and Protestant interpretations of the book in the Reformation era. The contributions in this volume distill a range of important issues for readers undertaking a serious study of this letter for the first time.
Features
- An introduction to contemporary scholarship on this important but often-overlooked text
- Clear explanations of all technical terms and themes
- In-depth discussions of the importance of Jewish Scripture and interpretative traditions, Greco-Roman philosophy and Jewish wisdom motifs, and biblical perspectives on justice, wealth, and poverty
Reading the Epistle to the Hebrews
Eric F. Mason
SBL Press, 2011