The Epistle of James and Eschatology: Re-reading an Ancient Christian Letter
The
aim of this book is to challenge the common view that the epistle of
James is a late Hellenistic Wisdom document that has little importance
for our understanding of earliest Christianity. The author undertakes
two main projects: first, an examination of the various assumptions
about date, setting and content that have influenced how the letter of
James has been interpreted; and second, a re-reading of the letter that
seeks to uncover the special character of the epistle by stressing the
fusion of its eschatological framework with its ethical instruction. The
literary, cultural, and social contextualization of James that emerges
sheds new light on this often neglected text and its place in early
Christianity.
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