James, 1 & 2 Peter, and Early Jesus Traditions

Alicia J. Batten is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Conrad Grebel University College, Canada.John S. Kloppenborg is Professor of Religion at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is well-known for his ground-breaking work on the Sayings Gospel Q.

• Introduction - Alicia J. Batten and John S. Kloppenborg/Part A: The Letter of James and Jesus Traditions/1. Q and James: A Source-Critical Conundrum - Paul Foster/2. Wholeness in James and the Q Source - Patrick J. Hartin/3. The Audience of James and the Sayings of Jesus - Dale C. Allison, Jr./4. The Urbanization of Jesus Traditions in James - Alicia J. Batten/5. Stoicism, Social Stratification, and the Q Tradition in James: A Suggestion about James' Audience - David A. Kaden/Part B: First and Second Peter and the Jesus Tradition/1. Jesus Remembered in 1 Peter? Early Jesus Traditions, Isaiah 53, and 1 Pet 2:21-25 - David G. Horrell/2. Early Jesus Tradition in 1 Peter 3:18-22 - Duane F. Watson/3. The Gospels of Matthew and John in the Second Letter of Peter - Terrance Callan/4. The Testimony of Peter: 2 Peter and the Gospel Traditions - Gene L. Green

By attending to the argument of each contributor and comparing them with each other, one gets a glimpse into the exciting world of research into the early Jesus traditions as refracted through Jamesian and Petrine studies. This is already reason enough to make this volume worth reading.