| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Biblical Interpretation Series |
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Biblical interpretation series
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| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on Footnotes, Bibliography and Abbreviations; Part One Introduction and Background; Introduction; Theoretical Perspective-A Postcolonial Optic on James 2:1-13; Prelude; Postcolonialism and Biblical Studies; Obstacles to Applying a Postcolonial Optic to Biblical Research; The Application of a Postcolonial Optic to the Interpretation of James 2:1-13; Methodology; Inner Texture; Intertexture; Social and Cultural Texture; Ideological Texture; Chapter One The Epistle of James-Preliminary Considerations; Author and Time |
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Early Dating and James the Brother of the Lord as AuthorLate Dating and a Pseudonymous Author; Conclusion: Date and Authorship; Location of the Author; Addressees; Inner Texture, Genre and Theological Background; Inner Texture; Genre; Theological Background; The Epistle of James in a Graeco-Roman Context; James 2:1-13 in Its Jamesian Context; Propositio; Ratio; Confirmatio; Exornatio; Conplexio; Summary; Chapter Two Situating the Present Investigation within Recent Jamesian Research; Introduction; Martin Dibelius; Poor and Rich in Jamesian Research; Elsa Tamez; Pedrito U. Maynard-Reid |
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Matthias AhrensWesley Hiram Wachob; David Hutchinson Edgar; Martin Hengel; Summary; Interpretative Needs and Interpretative Conditions Concerning James 2:1-13; Part Two A Postcolonial Interpretation of James 2:1-13; Chapter Three Social and Cultural Texture: A Short Overview of Roman Political History and Markers of Social Affiliation; Introduction; Government of the Republic; The Assemblies and the Magistracies; The Ordines; Government of the Empire; Transition from the Republic to the Empire; The Equestrian Order in the Government of the Empire |
| Summary |
Toward a Postcolonial Reading of the Epistle of James offers an interpretation of Jas 2:1-13 putting the text in the midst of its Roman imperial context |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. James, II, 1-13 -- Postcolonial criticism
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| Subject |
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- New Testament.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Paul's Letters.
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Postcolonial criticism of sacred works.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9004251871 |
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9789004251878 |
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