James: A Commentary on the Epistle of James

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Contents Foreword to Hermeneia ix Foreword to the 7th German Edition XI Foreword to the llth German Edition Xlll Reference Codes XV Editor's Note XXll Introduction l. The Literary Genre of the Letter of James 2. The Author of the Letter of James ll 3. Religio-Historical Relationships 21 4. Literary Relationships 26 5. Language and· Style 34 6. Poor and Rich 39 7. The Circumstances of the Origin of the Letter of James 45 8. Ethos 47 9. The Lot of the Letter of J ames 51 10. The Text 57 (a) The Witnesses 57 (b) Problems 60 The Letter to 1 : l Prescript 65 James Excursus: "The Twelve Tribes of the Diaspora" 66 l: 2- 18 A Series of Sayings Concerning Temptations 69 Excursus: The Literary Relationships of]as 1:2- 4 74 Excursus: The Term a1r.\ws- 77 Excursus: The Concatenation as a Rhetorical Form 94 1:19- 27 A Series of Sayings About Hearing and Doing 108 Excursus: The Perfect Law of Freedom 116 2: 1- 13 A Treatise on Partiality 124 Excursus: The Examples in the Letter of James 128 Excursus: The Term auvaywy~ 134 Excursus: "Whoever is Guilty of One is Guilty of All" 144 2:14-26 A Treatise on Faith and Works 149 Excursus: The Abraham Example 168 Excursus: Faith and Works in Paul and]as 174 3:1 - 12 A Treatise on the Tongue 181 Excursus: "The Cycle of Becoming" 196 3:13- 4:12 A Group of Sayings Against Contentiousness 207 Excursus: The Terrn t/JvxtK6c; 211 Excursus: The Spirit which Dwells Within 223 4:13- 5:6 A Group of Sayings Against Worldly-Minded Merchants and Rich People 230 5:7- 20 A Series of Sayings on Various Themes 241 Excursus: The Prohibition Against Swearing 248 Bibliography 262 I. Commentaries 262 2. Select Monographs and Articles 265 Indices 1. Passages a /Old Testament and Apocrypha 273 b/Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and other Jewish Literature 273 cfNew Testament 275 d /Early Christian Literature and the Ancient Church 277 efGreek and Latin Authors 279 2. Greek Words 281 3. Subjects 282 4. Commentaries and Modern Authors 283 viii