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Sacra Pagina: James /
"The letter of James is one of the most neglected writings of the New Testament. One of the strongest and most influential voices against James has been that of Martin Luther who saw James as a challenge to Paul's teaching on the relationship between faith and works. Even within the Roman...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Collegeville, Minn. :
Liturgical,
2009.
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| Edition: | [Updated ed.]. |
| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Approaches to the letter of James
- Text and canonicity
- Genre and purpose
- Author and date
- Addressees and context of the letter
- Structure of the letter
- Theological vision
- Outline of the letter of James
- General bibliography
- Greetings (1:1)
- Excursus 1: To the twelve tribes in the dispersion (1:1)
- Testing, wisdom, and the lowly (1:2-11)
- Excursus 2: James and the heritage of Israel (perfection and purity [1:2-4])
- Excursus 3: The wisdom of James (the gift of wisdom [1:5-8])
- Excursus 4: James and the heritage of Jesus (James's use of the Jesus traditions [1:9-11])
- Testing, hearers and doers of the word (1:12-27)
- Excursus 5: The perfect law of liberty (1:25)
- Do not show favoritism (2:1-13)
- Excursus 6: Honor and shame, patronage and grace (cultural scripts behind the letter of James)
- Doers of the word/Faith and works (2:14-16)
- Excursus 7: Faith and works in James and Paul
- The tongue and speech (3:1-12)
- Call to friendship with God (3:13--4:10)
- Speaking evil against another (4:11-12)
- Judgement on the rich because of friendship with the world (4:13--5:6)
- Call to patience and endurance (5:7-11)
- Call to avoid taking oaths (5:12)
- Prayer (5:13-18)
- The great commission (5:19-20).