Hebrews, Epistle to the, by Dr. J. Vernon Bartlett; and, on authorship, the articles Paul, Barnabas, Apollos, Luke, Clement, Stephen; and the articles Clementine Literature, Hebrew Religion, Temple, Atonement and Day of Atonement, Angel, Moses, Priest, Aaron, Melchizedek, Sacrifice, Messiah.
The Other Epistles
Before turning to the articles on the other books of the New Testament, let the student read a part of the article Theology, by the Rev. Dr. Robert Mackintosh of the Lancashire Independent College, Manchester, with special attention to the paragraphs (end of p. 773 and p. 774, Vol. 26) on Jewish theology, St. Paul and contents of the New Testament. Here “Paulinism” is shown not merely in the Pauline writings but in the Acts, in 1st Peter (“good independent Paulinism”), and even in the Apocalypse, at least as regards the atonement and Christology. “The Johannine Gospel and Epistles are later than Paulinism, and presuppose its leading or less startling positions.” And the same article (p. 783) after pointing out that Luther and the evangelical revival “went back to St. Paul” asks “can Christianity not dig deeper by going back to Jesus?” The writer also suggests that the German school of Ritschl in “not idolizing Paulinism” have “idolized Luther.”
The other principal topics to be studied are:
James, Epistle of, by the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Wisner Bacon, professor of New Testament criticism and exegesis, Yale; the article on James by the Rev. Dr. George Milligan, Professor of divinity and Biblical criticism, Glasgow; and the articles Revelation, Clement, Hermas, etc., for the question of date and relation with other writings; Wisdom Literature, for earlier writings on the “Wisdom” and proverbial expressions of chapter 3; Matthew, for a similar view of the gospel and the Church; and on “Justification,” vol. 20, p. 954, in article Paul.
Peter, Epistles of, by Dr. Kirsopp Lake; the article on St. Peter, by the same scholar. For a date earlier than that of the Epistle of James, see the article on that book. See also Romans and Polycarp to supplement what is here said of the relations of 1st Peter to these writings; and Eschatology on the expected “second coming” of 2nd Peter, chapter 3, vs. 1–13, and Jude, Epistle of, on its relation to this book.
Jude, Epistle of, by Prof. B. W. Bacon of Yale; the article on Hegesippus, the authority for the little we know of Jude; the articles Eschatology (for “the last time” of verse 18), Angel (for vs. 6, 9), Michael, and especially the articles Apocryphal Literature; Moses, Assumption of; and Enoch, Book of, for the allusions in verses 9 and 14.
Under the head of Johannine are grouped, besides the fourth gospel, the three epistles of John and the Revelation. On these see:
Johannine Writings
John, The Epistles of, by Dr. Moffatt, and the article on St. John in regard to authorship, which may more probably be assigned to John the presbyter; and the articles Antichrist (on 1 John, 2, 22), Gnosticism (for chap. 3, vs. 4–7), etc.