Reading Time: 10 minutes Who is the Author? External evidence In spite of its conciseness, Jude has rather good corroboration in patristic literature. There are possible allusions to it in Clement of Rome, Shepherd of Hermas, Barnabas, and Didache, and probable allusions in Polycarp. The Muratorian Canon mentions it, as does Clement of Alexandria. Read more…
Reading Time: 11 minutes Who is the Author? The issue of authorship (as well as date) of this epistle cannot be settled in isolation. It is connected with the issue of authorship for the Fourth Gospel, Revelation and for 1 & 2 John. If the same author wrote all these, there is a strong Read more…
Reading Time: 13 minutes Who is the Author? The issue of authorship (as well as date) of this epistle cannot be settled in isolation. It is connected with the issue of authorship for the Fourth Gospel, Revelation and for 1 & 3 John. If the same author wrote all these, there is a strong Read more…
Reading Time: 10 minutes Who is the Author? The issue of authorship (as well as date) of this epistle cannot be settled in isolation. It is connected with the issue of authorship for the Fourth Gospel and for 2-3 John. If the same author wrote all four books, there is a strong presumption that Read more…
Reading Time: 12 minutes Who is the Author? Name Off the bat, 2 Peter 1:1 gives us the author, his position in relationship to Christ and refers to Jesus as God and saviour. “Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Read more…
Reading Time: 9 minutes Who is the Author? Name As we begin to read the letter, the writers statement of authorship is clear “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God Read more…
Reading Time: 12 minutes Who is the Author? Name Well we can establish from the first verse of the book that James is the author “James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad: Greetings”. James 1:1 But which James? James the father of Read more…
Reading Time: 13 minutes Who is the Author? Hughes speaks of the difficulty of working with the Hebrew epistle: It is true that the Epistle to the Hebrews has been the battleground of discordant opinion and conjecture: its author is unknown, its occasion unstated, and its destination disputed. But these are matters at the Read more…
Reading Time: 11 minutes Who is the Author? Name The letter to Philemon immediately mentions Paul as the author of this personal letter: “Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved brother and fellow worker, and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to Read more…
Reading Time: 12 minutes Who is the Author? Name The letter to Titus immediately mentions Paul as the author of this pastoral epistle: “Paul, a bond-servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, in Read more…