Description The study of the so-called General or Catholic Epistles has been hampered, argues Ben Witherington, by the failure to properly discern their genre.
In this first of three volumes, Witherington extends his innovative Socio-Rhetorical analysis of New Testament books to the latter-Pauline and non-Pauline corpora, placing each text.
Several of these "letters" are much better understood as homilies--although, like the rest of the New Testament, they are situation specific.
Description The study of the so-called General or Catholic Epistles has been hampered, argues Ben Witherington, by the failure to properly discern their genre