Jude
The Epistle of Jude, usually referred to simply as Jude, is
the penultimate book of the New Testament and is attributed to
Jude, the brother of James the Just (who was called "the
brother of Jesus"). The letter of Jude was one of the disputed
books of the Canon. Although its canonical status was
contested, its authenticity was never doubted by...
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LITERATURE
The Writer:
The writer of this short epistle calls himself Jude or Judas
(Ioudas. His name was a common one among the Jews: there
were few others of more frequent use. Two among the apostles
bore it, namely, Judas, mentioned in Jn 14:22 (compare Lk
6:16), and Judas Iscariot. Jude describes himself as "a
servant of Jesus Christ, and ...
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jood (Ioudas): Brother of the Lord, and author of the Epistle
of Jude....
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Its author was probably Jude, one of the brethren of
Jesus, the subject of the preceding article. There are no
data from which to determine its date or place of writing,
but it is placed about A.D. 65. The object of the epistle is
plainly enough announced ver. 3; the reason for this
exhortation is given ver.
4. The remainder of the epistle is...
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The author was "Judas, the brother of James" the Less (Jude
1:1), called also Lebbaeus (Matt. 10:3) and
Thaddaeus (Mark
3:18). The genuineness of this epistle was early
questioned, and
doubts regarding it were revived at the time of the
Reformation;
but the evidences in support of its claims are
complete. It has
all the marks of having pro...
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