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The Epistle of James and eschatology : re-reading an ancient Christian letter /
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, settin...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sheffield, England :
Sheffield Academic Press,
©1996.
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| Colección: | Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ;
121. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (331 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-312) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780567147974 0567147975 1283193671 9781283193672 |
| ISSN: | 0143-5108 ; |