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ISBN: 1573090867 Year: 1996 Publisher: San Francisco London Bethesda International Scholars Publications
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ISBN: 1841271829 9781841271828 Year: 2001 Volume: 206 Publisher: Sheffield Sheffield Academic Press
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The significance of the Epistle of James within early Christianity, when not neglected, has been disputed. In recent years the letter, and its author, have received renewed attention, and this contribution to the revival examines the way in which the author and his addressees are depicted within the social world of emerging Christianity. Edgar finds strong points of contact with the sayings of Jesus and with early Christian itinerant proclaimers, who are often seen as having been active in preserving and transmitting these sayings. The Epistle challenges the shaky commitment of its readers to
Bible NT. Catholic epistles. James --- Bible --- Social scientific criticism --- Criticism, interpretation, etc --- 227*21 --- Brieven van Jacobus en Judas --- Bible. N.T. James -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Bible. N.T. James -- Social scientific criticism. --- Bible. N.T. James. --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Christianity --- 227*21 Brieven van Jacobus en Judas --- Bible. --- Epistle of James --- Epistle of St. James --- Jakobusbrief --- James, Epistle of --- Sobornoe poslanie Svi︠a︡togo Apostola Iakova --- Yagobo-sŏ (Book of the New Testament) --- Yagobosŏ --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Social scientific criticism.
ISBN: 1850755744 9781850755746 Year: 1996 Volume: 121 Publisher: Sheffield Sheffield academic press
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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
Eschatology. --- Bible. N.T. James -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Bible. N.T. James -- Language, style. --- Eschatology --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Christianity --- 227*21 --- 236 --- Last things (Theology) --- Religious thought --- Theology, Doctrinal --- Brieven van Jacobus en Judas --- Eschatologie. De novissimis --- 227*21 Brieven van Jacobus en Judas --- Bible. --- Epistle of James --- Epistle of St. James --- Jakobusbrief --- James, Epistle of --- Sobornoe poslanie Svi︠a︡togo Apostola Iakova --- Yagobo-sŏ (Book of the New Testament) --- Yagobosŏ --- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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