N.T. Wright's "entry-level" commentary for James, 1/2 Peter, 1/2/3 John, and Judah (Jude).

As with the other books in the "for everyone" series, each section of Scripture is translated by Wright with a view to a modern British audience, provides some sort of story or illustration, and then makes sense of what the author is saying in his context.

Wright does an excellent job of transcending all of the scholarly disputes regarding the authors of these letters; he explains them in terms of their original context in the first century and what they would mean to the people to whom they were written. Applications still remain robust and are quite more "conservative" than many would generally believe.

An excellent commentary on these letters and most worthy of consideration.

**--galley received as part of early review program ( )