James through the centuries / David B. Gowler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gowler, David B., 1958-

Series:

Wiley Blackwell Bible Commentaries

Wiley-Blackwell Bible commentaries

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. James--Commentaries.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hoboken : Wiley, 2014.

Summary:

This unique reception history of the Epistle of James is a prominent addition to the Blackwell Bible Commentaries series. Written by an outstanding New Testament specialist, it chronicles the major theological, political, and aesthetic responses to the text over the centuries, and to James as a historical figure. Surveys the many theological, cultural, literary, political, and artistic uses of the Epistle of James, and the broader influence his letters have had throughout the agesIncludes extensive excerpts offering vital historiographical contextExamines James'

Contents:

James Through the Centuries; Copyright; Contents; List of Plates; Series Editors' Preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Aim and Design of the Commentary; Reception History from a Bakhtinian Perspective; Brief History of Interpretation; Key Interpreters; John Chrysostom (347-407); Augustine (354-430); Bede the Venerable (673-735); Martin Luther (1483-1546); John Calvin (1509-64); Søren Kierkegaard (1813-55); Frederick Douglass (1818?-1895); Charles F. Deems (1820-93); Joseph B. Mayor (1828-1916); Elsa Tamez (1950- ); Patterns of Interpretation; The sovereign God; James and Jesus

Faith in action: ethics, practical theology, and JamesJames and Paul; James of Jerusalem: In History and Tradition; James of Jerusalem as the Author of the Epistle of James; The Relationship of James of Jerusalem and Jesus; James as the brother of Jesus; James as an older half-brother of Jesus: the son of Joseph from a previous wife; James as the cousin of Jesus; James the brother of Jesus in the New Testament; Portraits of James outside the New Testament; Josephus; Eusebius; Excursus: James in the Dead Sea Scrolls?; Gnostic writings: the Nag Hammadi Library; New Testament Apocrypha

The Gospel of the HebrewsProtevangelium of James; Pseudo-Clementine literature; Conclusion; Other Visual Representations of James of Jerusalem; James 1:1-11: Trials, Endurance, Wisdom, and the Exalted Poor; James 1:1-4; Ancient literary context; The interpretations; James 1:5-8; Ancient literary context; The interpretations; James 1:9-11; Ancient literary context; The interpretations; James 1:12-27: Trials, Endurance, and Doers of the Word; James 1:12-15; Ancient literary context; The interpretations; James 1:16-18; Ancient literary context; The interpretations; James 1:19-21

Ancient literary contextThe interpretations; James 1:22-5; Ancient literary context; The interpretations; James 1:26-7; Ancient literary context; The interpretations; James 2:1-13: Deeds of Faith, the Chosen Poor, and the Law of Liberty; James 2:1-7; Ancient literary context; The interpretations; James 2:8-13; Ancient literary context; The interpretations; Early modern and modern; James 2:14-26: Faith without Works Is Dead; James 2:14-17; Ancient literary context; The interpretations; James 2:18-26; Ancient literary context; The interpretations; James 3:1-12: The Power and Danger of Speech

James 3:1-5aAncient literary context; The interpretations; James 3:5b-12; Ancient literary context; The interpretations; James 3:13-4:12: The Fruits of Wisdom versus Friendship with the World; James 3:13-18; Ancient literary context; The interpretations; James 4:1-10; Ancient literary context; The interpretations; James 4:11-12; Ancient literary context; The interpretations; James 4:13-5:6: The Sovereignty of God and God's Judgment upon the Rich; James 4:13-17; Ancient literary context; The interpretations; James 5:1-6; Ancient literary context; The interpretations

James 5:7-11: The Patience of the Faithful and the Compassion of the Lord

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-119-67389-5

1-118-52789-5

1-118-52788-7

OCLC:

859383832