Scriptural Figures and the Fringes of the New Testament Canon

Acknowledgements

I. Introduction a. Sacred Figures and Sacred Texts b. The Catholic Epistles as the Fringes of the New Testament Canon c. Recent Approaches to the Catholic Epistles as a Collection d. Chapters e. Conclusion

II. Chapter One: Exemplarity and the Catholic Epistle Collection a. Signed, Sealed, Delivered b. Exemplarity and Pauline Intertextuality i. Key terminology ii. Selection of Exempla iii. Function of Exempla c. Exemplarity and Ancient Rhetoric d. Exemplarity and the Manuscript Tradition e. Exemplarity and Pseudepigraphy f. Conclusion: Exemplarity and its Impact on Canonicity

III. Chapter Two: Exemplarity and the Construct of Apostolic Authorship a. James the Just, Brother of the Lord b. Peter, Preacher and Chief Apostle c. John, Eyewitness, Author, and Beloved Disciple d. Jude, Brother of James and Jesus e. Conclusion: Apostolic Authorship and its Impact on Canonicity

IV. Chapter Three: Antecedents to the Catholic Epistle Collection a. The Muratorian Fragment i. Contents ii. The Muratorian Fragment as an Antecedent to the Catholic Epistle Collection b. The Earliest Papyri of the Catholic Epistles i. The Earliest Papyri of James, 1 Peter, John, and Jude ii. "B72" and the "Proto-canonical" Problem c. Catholic Epistles Prior to Eusebius d. Conclusion

V. Chapter Four: The Catholic Epistles and the Dynamic New Testament a. Eusebius: Constructing the "Entestamented" Boundary i. Eusebius n the Authorship of the Catholic Epistles ii. The Catholic Epistles and Eusebius's New Testament Collection iii. The Catholic Epistles and Scriptural Authority in the Historia ecclesiastica iv. Curious Outliers: Hebrews, 1 Clement, the Shepherd of Hermas, and Barnabas b. Athanasius and the Illusion of a Stable New Testament i. The Exile and Return of a Bishop-Scholar ii. Canonical Authority and a Fixed Ecclesiastical Canon in the Epistula festalis 39 c. Canonical Pluralism in the Fourth Century and Beyond i. Other Fourth-century New Testament Lists ii. Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Alexandrinus iii. The Reception of the Catholic Epistles in the Syrian Church in the Fifth Century and on iv. The Claromontanus Stichometry: A Sixth-century Alternative New Testament List d. Ancient Christian Echtheitskritik i. Clement of Alexandria and Origen: Hebrews and Apostolic Permission ii. Dionysius of Alexandria on Johannine Authorship iii. Conceiving Apostolicity in Eusebius, Athanasius, and Jerome e. Conclusion: Pseudonymity and the Construction of the New Testament Collection

VI. Chapter Five: Positive Scriptural Exempla in the Catholic Epistles a. Enoch b. Noah c. Abraham d. Sarah e. Lot f. Michael the Archangel g. Rahab h. Job i. The Prophets j. Elijah k. Jesus, the Isaianic Suffering Servant l. Conclusion

VII. Chapter Six: Negative Scriptural Exempla in the Catholic Epistles a. Sinful Angels/Spirits in Prison b. Cain c. Korah d. Balaam e. Sodom and Gomorrah f. The Wilderness Generation g. False Prophets h. Conclusion

VIII. Conclusion a. Summary b. Canons, Judaisms, Christianities c. Exemplarity and Canonicity in the Catholic Epistle Collection

Bibliography Index of Ancient Sources Index of Modern Authors Index of Subjects