The Letter of James The New International Commentary on the New Testament
Material type: TextPublication details: Michigan William B.Eerdmans Publishing Co 2011Description: 497pISBN:- 9780802826275
- BC03 N420
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includes index and biblioraphy
INTRODUCTION 1 JAMES IN THE STORY 4 JAMES: WHO WROTE THE LETTER? 13 James, Brother of Jesus, in the New Testament 16 James, Brother of Jesus, outside the New Testament 20 James, Brother of Jesus, and the Letter 23 James, Brother of Jesus, and the Greek Style of James 28 James, Brother of Jesus, and Theology 34 WHAT ARE THE CENTRAL THEMES OF JAMES? 39 God 42 Ethics 43 WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE OF JAMES? 47 COMMENTARY 59 1. SALUTATION (1:1) 59 2. THE CHRISTIAN AND TRIALS (1:2-18) 68 2.1. The Purpose of Testing (1:2-4) 69 2.2. The Need for Wisdom during Testing (1:5-8) 83 2.3. Poverty and Wealth as a Test (1:9-11) 93 2.4. God, Trials, and Testing (1:12-18) 104 Excursus: Macarisms in Context 106 3. GENERAL EXHORTATIONS (1:19-27) 133 3.1. An Exhortation on Speech (1:19-21) 134 3.2. An Exhortation on Hearing and Doing (1:22-25) 145 3.3. An Exhortation on Pure Religion (1:26-27) 162 4. THE CHRISTIAN AND PARTIALITY (2:1-13) 173 4.1. Inconsistency (2:1-4) 174 4.2. Interrogation (2:5-7) 190 4.3. Instruction (2:8-13) 203 5. THE CHRISTIAN AND WORKS (2:14-26) 224 5.1. Interrogation (2:14-17) 226 5.2. Challenge and Responses (2:18-26) 233 Brief Excursus: James and Paul 259 6. GENERAL EXHORTATIONS FOR TEACHERS (3:1-4: 12) 264 6.1. Teachers and the Tongue (3:1-12) 264 6.2. Teachers and Wisdom (3:13-18) 297 6.3. Teachers and Dissensions (4:1-10) 318 6.4. Teachers, the Community and the Tongue (4:11-12) 358 7. THE MESSIANIC COMMUNITY AND THE WEALTHY(4:13-5:11) 366 7.1. The Sin of Presumption (4:13-17) 366 7.2. The Sin of Oppression (5:1-6) 379 7.3. The Messianic Community`s Response to the Wealthy(5:7-11) 400 8. CONCLUDING EXHORTATIONS (5:12-20) 423 8.1. Oaths (5:12) 423 8.2. Prayer and Healing in the Community (5:13-18) 430 8.3. Three Ecclesial Conditions and Three Responses(5:13-14) 432 8.4. The Need for the Prayer of Faith (5:15a) 8.5. The Promise of Forgiveness (5:15b) 8.6. The Exhortation to Confession (5:16a) 8.7. The Need for Righteous Persons to Pray (5:16b-18) 8.8. Communal Restoration (5:19-20)
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