David Gowler

James Through the Centuries

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Produktbeschreibung

This innovative study is a finely tuned reception history that traces the myriad responses to the New Testament Epistle of James through the ages. The author, a renowned religious scholar, explores a vast array of interpretations extending far beyond theological commentary, sermons, and hymns, to also embrace the epistle's influences on literature, art, politics, and social theory. It provides readers with access to a wealth of material that would otherwise be hard to find.

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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 ages
Includes extensive excerpts offering vital historiographical context
Examines James's impact on popular culture, including examples such as Charles Schulz's Peanuts
Unearths a range of neglected writings and opens access to material not readily available elsewhere

Produktdetails

• Blackwell Bible Commentaries
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons / Wiley-Blackwell
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 598g
• ISBN-13: 9781405151146
• ISBN-10: 1405151145
• Artikelnr.: 39045162

Autorenporträt

David B. Gowler is The Dr Lovick Pierce and Bishop George F. Pierce Chair of Religion at Oxford College, Emory University, USA. He has published dozens of books, articles, book chapters, and book reviews, and since 1991 has served as co-editor of Emory Studies in Early Christianity.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Plates ix Series Editors' Preface xii Preface xiv Acknowledgements
xviii Introduction 1 James 1:1-11: Trials, Endurance, Wisdom, and the
Exalted Poor 63 James 1:12-27: Trials, Endurance, and Doers of the Word 99
James 2:1-13: Deeds of Faith, the Chosen Poor, and the Law of Liberty 143
James 2:14-26: Faith without Works Is Dead 173 James 3:1-12: The Power and
Danger of Speech 204 James 3:13-4:12: The Fruits of Wisdom versus
Friendship with the World 219 James 4:13-5:6: The Sovereignty of God and
God's Judgment upon the Rich 252 James 5:7-11: The Patience of the Faithful
and the Compassion of the Lord 278 James 5:12-20: Speech and Actions in the
Community of the Faithful 288 Biographies 317 References 323 Index of Names
331 Index of Subjects 335

Rezensionen

"Gowler's commentary locates James not only at various intersections in the history of learned commentary, from Chrysostom to Kirkegaard, but even more richly in the history of icons, mediaeval woodcuts and other artistic representations, in monastic rules, hymnody, literature, political polemics, and much more. This is a breathtaking survey of the ways, both overt and subtle, that James has become embedded in multiple aspects of Western culture."
--John S Kloppenborg, University of Toronto

"In an engaging manner, David Gowler tells the story of the reception of the letter of James through the centuries. Along the way we meet an eclectic group of interpreters, some well-known and others not. The result is that we learn not only about how James was read in scholarly circles, but also among the more marginal, outside of the academy. Such a story is indeed a tribute to the letter of James."
--Alicia Batten, Conrad Grebel University College at University of Waterloo