David Gowler

James Through the Centuries

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781119673897
• ISBN-10: 1119673895
• Artikelnr.: 58776495

Autorenporträt

David B. Gowler is The Dr. Lovick Pierce and Bishop George F. Pierce Chair of Religion at Oxford College, Emory University, and Senior Faculty Fellow, Center for Ethics, 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