Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction
  • Structure and Method
  • ch. 2 Friendship in Antiquity
  • Introduction
  • Virtues of Friends
  • "One Mind/Soul"
  • "All in Common"
  • Friendship and Fictive Kinship Language
  • Friendship with God
  • Conclusion
  • ch. 3 Friendship, Patronage and Benefaction
  • Introduction
  • Friendship, Politics and Society
  • Benefaction
  • Patronage
  • Patronage, Friendship and Flattery
  • Conclusion
  • ch. 4 Exordium: James 1:2
  • 18
  • Introduction
  • James as a Letter
  • James and Rhetoric
  • James 1:2
  • 18
  • A. Common Features of the Exordium
  • B. James 1:2
  • 18 as an Exordium
  • C. Friendship and Benefaction within the Exordium
  • Conclusion
  • ch. 5 Challenge to Patronage
  • Introduction
  • James 2:1
  • 13
  • A. Rhetorical Structure
  • B. Friendship, Patronage and Benefaction in James 2:1
  • 13
  • James 2:14
  • 26
  • A. Rhetorical Structure
  • B. Friendship and Benefaction in James 2:14
  • 26
  • Conclusion
  • ch. 6 Friendship with God: James 3:13
  • 4:10
  • Introduction
  • James 3:13
  • 4:10
  • A. Rhetorical Structure
  • B. Friendship, Patronage and Benefaction in James 3:13
  • 4:10
  • Conclusion
  • ch. 7 Conclusion
  • Introduction
  • Patronage as an Exigence
  • Audience
  • Rhetorical Constraints
  • Conclusion.