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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783891603321

Autore

Bauckham Richard

Titolo

James : wisdom of James, disciple of Jesus the sage / / Richard Bauckham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

1-134-85004-2

972-776-253-0

1-280-33377-4

0-203-01198-8

1-134-85005-0

0-203-17078-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

New Testament readings

Disciplina

227/.9107

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-229) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Looking into James as into a mirror; An encyclical from James to the Diaspora; Reading James as an encyclical to the Diaspora; The wisdom of James, disciple of Jesus the sage; Literary forms in James; Literary structure of James; James, Jesus ben Sira and Jesus of Nazareth; The wisdom of Jesus and the wisdom of James; Reading James as a compendium of the wisdom of James; James in canonical context; James and Paul; James for Messianic Jews and Gentile Christians; James in modern and contemporary contexts

Reading James in nineteenth-century CopenhagenReading James at the turn of the millennium; Through the looking glass and back; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Biblical references; Other ancient sources

Sommario/riassunto

Richard Bauckham explores the historical and literary contexts of the Epistle of James, discussing the significance of James as the brother of Jesus and leader of the early Jerusalem church. He gives special attention to the aphorisms which encapsulate James' wisdom, and to the way that James' teaching closely resembles that of Jesus.