James

 

Dan G. McCartney

Baker Academic, 2009-11-01 - 335 pages

 

"A fresh and important contribution to the literature on James. This work is exegetically rewarding, theologically rooted, and pastorally wise." Thomas R. Schreiner, The Southern Baptist Theological SeminaryDan McCartney, a highly regarded New Testament scholar and an expert on biblical interpretation, offers a substantive yet accessible commentary on James in this latest addition to the award-winning BECNT series. With extensive research and thoughtful chapter-by-chapter exegesis, McCartney leads readers through all aspects of the book of James sociological, historical, and theological to help them better understand its meaning and relevance.As with all BECNT volumes, Jamesfeatures the author's detailed interaction with the Greek text. This commentary admirably achieves the dual aims of the series academic sophistication with pastoral sensitivity and accessibility making it a useful tool for professors, students, and pastors. The acclaimed user-friendly design includes shaded chapter introductions summarizing the key themes of each thought unit

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James

Richard Bauckham

Routledge, 2002-01-01 - 256 pages

In the history of interpretation the letter of James has been marginalized and compared unfavorably with the writings of Paul. "James" argues for an important canonical role for James, not subordinate to Paul, but a complementary scriptural voice. Richard Baukham explores the historical and literary context of the text, discussing the significance of James as the brother of Jesus and leader of the early Jerusalem church.
Major themes of James--wholeness, poverty, speech, ethics and prayer--are explored in relation to the current contexts of the contemporary reader of James.

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The Catholic Epistles and Apostolic traditions

Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr, Robert W. Wall

Baylor University Press, 2009 -  536 pages

Catholic Epistles and Apostolic Traditionasks two questions: Can the Catholic Epistles from James to Jude be fruitfully examined in relation to each other, without contrasting them with the Pauline Epistles? And, if so, will we learn something new about them and early Christianity? The essayists here answer yes and yes, offering provocative perspectives on James, the Johannine epistles, the Petrine epistles, and Jude.Additional contributors are Ernst Baasland (Church of Norway), Lutz Doering (University of LondonKings College), Reinhard Felmeier (University of Göttingen), Jörg Frey (University of Munich), Scott J. Hafemann (Gordon-Conwell Seminary), Patrick J. Hartin (Gonzaga University), John S. Kloppenborg (University of Toronto), Matthias Konradt (University of Berne), David R. Nienhuis (Seattle Pacific University), and John Painter (Charles Sturt University).

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The Catholic Epistles and the Tradition

Jacques Schlosser

University Press, 2004 - 578 pages

This book is a collection of papers from the JBL, (Journees Bibliques de Louvain) of 2003. It starts with a study of Catholic epistles as literary corpus, identified as such well before conclusion of the canon, and posessing their own theological coherence. The majority of contributions deal with isolated letters, including the epistles of John. Special attention is paid to the epistle of James and the first epistle of Peter. A man aim is to examine the--almost exclusively pseudonymic and late--scripures from the multifaceted appearance (Old Testament, ancient Judaism, Greco-Roman literature and philosophy, Paulinic and pre-evangelical traditions) they took through rethinking. The reception of the epistles in early Christian literature is another point of interest. This book, which clearly revives the study of longneglected documents, will be of interest not only to exegetes of the New Testament, but also to scholars specialized in the apostolic fathers and the fathers of the church.

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Not by Paul Alone: The Formation of the Catholic Epistle Collection and the Christian Canon

David R. Nienhuis

Baylor University Press, 2007 - 264 pages

Not by Paul Alone explores the historical reasons for the creation of the book of James and the implications for the creation of the Christian canon. Nienhuis makes a compelling case that James was written in the mid-second century and is, like 2 Peter, an attempt to provide a distinctive shape to the emerging New Testament. This book bolsters the claim that the Catholic Epistles not only have a distinct witness individually, but that collectively they are also a considered theological agenda within the Christian church.

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James and the Q sayings of Jesus

Patrick J. Hartin

JSOT Press, 1991 - 266 pages

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The Letter of James

Scot McKnight

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2011-02-21 -536 pages

This commentary by Scot McKnight expounds the often-vexing letter of James both in its own context and in the context of ancient Judaism, the Greco-Roman world, and the emerging Christian faith. Though interacting with the best available scholarly work on James, McKnight first connects deeply with the text of the letter itself, striving to interpret James's teaching rigorously in light of what he says elsewhere in his letter rather than smothering the epistle in extrinsic debates and theories. Shaped from beginning to end for pastors, preachers, and teachers, this accessible commentary full of insight, good sense, and  will illuminate those who want to explain James and its significance to their congregations and classes.

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The Doctrine of Salvation in the First Letter of Peter

Martin Williams

Cambridge University Press, 2011-11-30 - 300 pages

"The prevalence of salvation language in the first letter of Peter has often been acknowledged though rarely investigated in depth. Martin Williams presents a new account exploring the concept of salvation in this theologically rich letter. He brings together the disciplines of hermeneutics, New Testament studies, and systematic and historical theology in order to explore the language of salvation which resonates within the text. The book also elaborates on a methodological level the segregation which has arisen between Biblical studies and theological studies. In doing this, Williams identifies a basis for how there can be interaction between these two different viewpoints. This book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars interested in the exegesis and theology of 1 Peter, the doctrine of salvation and Biblical interpretation

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The Missions of James, Peter, and Paul: Tensions in Early Christianity

Bruce Chilton, Craig A. Evans

Brill, 2005 - 534 pages

"The Missions of James, Peter, and Paul investigates the nature, diversity, and relationship of three early and important expressions of Judaic Christianity. It is the conviction of the contributors that the Judaic origins of the Christian movement have not been sufficiently understood in both ecclesiastical and academic circles. Comparison with contemporary Judaism is foundational and leads to the question that guides discussion: How did James relate to such prominent figures as Peter and Paul? Given James' own eminence, those relationships must have been hallmarks of his own stance and status, and they open the prospect that we might delineate James' theological perspective more precisely than otherwise possible by means of this contrast with Peter and Paul. That is the reason for the division of the present volume into two parts. "The Missions of James, Peter, and Paul is presented in two parts: James and Peter, and James Paul. Several studies investigate the literary and archaeological evidence that clarifies the world in which James, Peter, and Paul lived, while other studies probe exegetical and theological aspects of the discussion. "The Missions of James, Peter, and Paul will be of great use to New Testament scholars interested in the Judaic Christianity of James and Peter, on one hand, and the theology and mission of Paul, the influential apostle to the Gentiles. Readers are treated to studies that employ current methods of investigation, including social-science criticism, literary and source criticism, historical criticism, and archaeology, in which the contributions of material culture are taken into account.

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Purity and Worldview in the Epistle of James

Darian Lockett

T & T Clark, 2008 - 221 pages

Arguing against restricting the meaning of purity language to the individual moral sphere (as many commentaries do), the central argument of Purity and Worldview in the Epistle of James is that purity language both articulates and constructs the worldview in James's epistle. Lockett offers a taxonomy of purity language, applied as a heuristic guide to understand the function of purity and pollution in the epistle. Through this analysis the study concludes that James is not calling for sectarian separation, but rather demonstrates a degree of cultural accommodation while calling forth specific socio-cultural boundaries between the readers and the world.

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James the Just and Christian Origins

Bruce Chilton, Craig A. Evans

BRILL, 1999 - 299 pages

The lack of serious and sustained investigation of the historical figure of James "the Just," brother of Jesus, is one of the curious oversights in modern critical study of Christian origins. "James the Just and Christian Origins addresses this problem. The questions that surround this exceedingly important, yet largely ignored figure are several and complicated. Was he really the brother of Jesus? How influential was he in the early church? What was the nature of his relationship to the other apostles, especially to Paul? How did James understand Christianity's relationship to Judaism and to the people of Israel? Out of this grows a very important question: In its generative moment, was Christianity in fact as well as in its self-awareness, a species of Judaism? Contributors from several countries are currently engaged in collaborative study in James and early Jewish Christianity. "James the Just and Christian Origins is the first of several planned volumes to be published.

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Jude and the Relatives of Jesus in the Early Church

Richard Bauckham

Continuum International Publishing Group, 2004-10-27 - 472 pages

Dr. Bauckham assembles and assesses all the evidence for the role which relatives of Jesus played in the early church for the first time. The wide range of evidence used comes not only from the New Testament but also from the Church Fathers, the New Testament Apocrypha, rabbinic literature, and Palestinian archaeology. The letter of Jude, in particular, proves to have much to teach us about the theology of the brothers of Jesus and their circle. It illuminates their exegetical methods and their christology and shows both to have been influential contributions to the development of early Christianity.

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