Are you studying in Massachusetts? Well, I've got some good news for you.
Students and residents in Massachusetts can sign up with the Boston Public Library for a library card. Besides allowing borrowing privileges, this card gives access to many of the electronic databases to which the BPL subscribes, including JSTOR, the ATLA Religion Database, PSYCinfo, and the full-text version of Dissertation Abstracts.
A potential patron does not need to be a resident of Boston, and the patron does not even have to be an official Massachusetts resident – they can be a student with declared residency in another state.
Just to make things easier, the BPL also offers an “eCard” for those who do not intend to borrow books, but use the online resources. You do not have to travel to the BPL to obtain one of these cards, you can simply sign up at the library’s web site (see the “Register for a Library Card Online” link in the center column on their home page (www.bpl.org).
If you have any questions about this service, visit their F.A.Q. page.
It’s great to see our Massachusetts tax dollars at work on something useful!
Mark Vitalis Hoffman of Luther Theological Seminary has put together a tutorial on the use of the Old Testament in Matthew 4:4. In this PowerPoint tutorial, he demonstrates how to use BibleWorks 7 to investigate the various issues with interpreting the OT in the NT. (See his blog post.) I have not had a chance to check out the presentation, but given that the topic is on "oldinthenew" and BibleWorks (2 of my favorite things), I figured that it would be good to give everyone a heads up.
I hope we see more of this kind of tutorial in the future.
I've made a PDF scan of Cowley & Neubauer's The Original Hebrew of a Portion of Ecclesiasticus (XXXIX. 15 to XLIX. 11) together with the Early Versions and an English Translation followed by the Quotations from Ben Sira in Rabbinical Literature (Oxford: Clarendon, 1897).
The Hebrew text represents part of Manuscript B. This version has been usurped by more modern presentations of the Hebrew text of Ben Sira (the most handy edited by Pancratius Beentjes).* Still, Cowley & Neubauer's edition is handy as it presents the Latin text in one section and the Hebrew, Syriac, Greek, and an English translation of the Hebrew in another. The Syriac is particularly pesky to track down, so you can at least get some sense of what's going on in Sirach 39:15-49:11 using this text. Two plates are included, though they are scanned black and white and are not of a good quality.
I've provided two versions. The first is easier to read on the screen, as it presents the Hebrew text in correct order, and it contains bookmarks to various sections. The second version is meant for printing, and when viewed on the screen the Hebrew pages will scroll in reverse. This second version allows you to print the text double-sided and get a pretty decent facsimile of the original.
*Beentjes, The Book of Ben Sira in Hebrew. A Text Edition of all extant Hebrew Manuscripts and A Synopsis of all parallel Hebrew Ben Sira Texts (VTSup 68; Brill: Leiden, 1997). The Brill edition is quite expensive, but SBL has reprinted it in paperback.
UPDATE 3 August 2007: Broken link to "print version" of Cowley & Neubauer fixed.
On ATLANTIS, a librarian asked for advice on instructing faculty on using Google Books and Google Scholar for research and other things academic.
So, here's the question for the bibliobloggers. How do you use Google Scholar / Google Books? Have you come across any serendipitous discoveries in your field while using either service? What about using Amazon's A9 or Microsoft's Windows Live Search? How would you convince your colleagues to start using these resources?
I just stumbled upon this nifty little tool that helps you visualize the results of a particular search spread over several different search engines. I have not had time to experiment with it much, but below is an example of a search for "biblioblogging." Note that Hypotyposeis' entry on "Biblioblogging and Book Writing" is marked by all five search engines, hence it has a five-sided "crystal." Claude Mariottini's entry on "The Disintegration of the Biblioblogging Community" is covered in four search engines, hence the four-sided crystal. Wave your cursor over any particular search engine on the outer perimeter, and the hits from that particular engine are displayed.
Biblica 88.1 (2007) has just been released to the web. It features an article on James 4:1-4 and the "two ways" tradition. Here is the publication info and abstract:
H. van de Sandt, «James 4,1-4 in the Light of the Jewish Two Ways Tradition 3,1-6» , Vol. 88(2007) 38-63.
The author of the Letter of James accuses his readers (Jas 4,1-4) of being responsible for war, murder and adultery. How are we to explain this charge? This paper shows that the material in Jas 1,13-21; 2,8-11 and 4,1-4 is closely akin to the teknon section in Did 3,1-6. The teknon section belonged to the Jewish Two Ways tradition which, for the most part, is covered by the first six chapters of the Didache. Interestingly, Did 3,1-6 exhibits close affinity with the ethical principles of a particular stream of Rabbinic tradition found in early Derekh Erets treatises. James 4,1-4 should be considered a further development of the warnings in Did 3,1-6.
I don't have any time to read this one... I'll have to put it on my post thesis reading list. Well, I can hear the whip cracking. I would rather avoid the sting, so I better get going... Back to the thesis!
William Patrick, James the Lord's Brother. Edinburgh:T&T Clark, 1906.
This classic work on the historical James the Just is available at the Internet Archive as a 35MB PDF! I've only had time to peruse this work in the past. I've had other pressing matters to deal with, but I have planned to scan this work post-thesis, but now I don't have to. I hope to OCR the text and make it a part of the Old in the New site in html.
Update: A rough OCR version is now available HERE.
Patrick's James the Lord's Brother - rough draft in HTML
Previously I posted on finding a PDF scan of William Patrick's James the Lord's Brother (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1906) on the Internet Archive (see previous post). The work is still available as a 35MB PDF, but I have done a rough scan and edit of the work into HTML (AVAILABLE HERE).
This is a very rough scan. I have not proofread it, and the formatting of verse references used in the original text did not scan well (as of now there is no dividing punctuation between all chapter and verse numbers). This draft has other formatting issues with italics, etc. So, be sure to check this scan against the PDF. Also, the Scripture and subject indexes are neither formatted nor proofread.
I've assigned "anchors" to all page numbers, so if you're interested in citing a particular page in this document, just add # followed immediately by the page number in the document url. Example:
*After looking around a bit, I also found F. J. A. Hort's Judaistic Christianity (London: Macmillan, 1894) on the internet archives. Perhaps I will be able to OCR scan this and make it available as well.
Don't miss your chance to purchase an inexpensive copy if you're interested in quality James scholarship. As of 11:59 pm, 11 January 2007, there are only 6 left!
P&R Press is set to release Daniel M. Doriani's commentary on James in the Reformed Expository Commentary series in January 2007. Here is P&R's blurb, complete with an endorsement by the king of blurbs, J.I. Packer:
With 59 commands in 108 verses, the epistle of James has an obvious zeal for law. In his imperatives, James directly communicates the royal law, the law of King Jesus (2:8). Thus, the hasty reader will not see much of the gospel in James. But as Doriani reveals in his insightful commentary, the double mention of God's grace at the rhetorical climax of the book shows that the gospel of James is the message of God's grace for sinners.
"Well-researched and well-reasoned, practical and pastoral, shrewd, solid and searching, this is a truly Jamesish exposition of James’s letter, top-class in everyway."
Doriani is Senior Pastor at Central Presbyterian Church in St. Louis, Missouri. He is also Adjunct Professor of New Testament and former Dean of Faculty at Covenant Seminary. Doriani has posted the lectures and notes from his class on "Hebrews to Revelation," including a few lectures on James:
Mariam Kamell, PhD candidate at St. Andrews (Scotland) and fellow blogger (theGreekGeek), has been kind enough to let James the Just host two papers that she presented at the recent SBL and ETS meetings in Washington D.C.:
"The Emergent Need for James." Paper presented at the Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., 15 November 2006.
Sayings of Jesus in the Epistle of James, by Dean Deppe still available...
Dean Deppe, professor at Calvin Theological Seminary still has a few hard bound copies of his dissertation for sale.
Deppe’s dissertation is on “The Sayings of Jesus in the Epistle of James” and it has been cited by scholars as one of the most important works on James’ use of Jesus’ teachings in the Epistle. For instance, Richard Bauckham notes:
Deppe’s very thorough study (unfortunately not easily accessible and so not used by most scholars writing subsequently) probably takes this method of approach to the relationship between James and the Gospels as far as it can be taken (see pg. 117 in “James and Jesus” [pgs. 100-137 in The Brother of Jesus: James the Just and His Mission; eds. B. Chilton & J. Neusner; Louisville, KY: W/JKP, 2001]).
When I first announced that Deppe's book was available, I noticed that according to WorldCat, only 23 libraries owned the text. Since that post, at least 11 libraries have purchased copies for their own shelves. There are only a few copies left for purchase.
The details of publication are as follows:
The sayings of Jesus in the Epistle of James / Dean B. Deppe. 299 p. ; 26 cm. Chelsea, Mich. : Bookcrafters, 1989. Thesis completed at Vrije Universiteit te Amsterdam, 1989. Open Worldcat Record
Dr. Deppe is offering copies of the dissertation for $25.00, plus $5.00 shipping & handling.
The latest Expository Times is out, containing two small articles and one review pertinent to the Epistle of James. Marilyn McCord Adams challenges Luther's critique of James in "Faith and Works or, How James is a Lutheran!" (pp. 462-464 / PDF). Donald McCorkindale presents a great set of children's activities/lessons taken from the Epistle in "Children’s Ministry: Thoughts with James" (pp. 465-466 / PDF). Paul Foster in his book review, "Studies on James" (pp. 481 / PDF) reviews the collection of essays edited by B. Chilton & C. Evans, The Missionsof James, Peter and Paul: Tensions in Early Christianity (NovTSupp 115; Leiden: Brill, 2005).
NOTE: PDF links above are available only with personal or institutional subscription.
"James the Just in History and Tradition" in Currents in Biblical Research
The latest edition of Currents in Biblical Research contains the first of a two part article on James the Just:
Matti Myllykoski, "James the Just in History and Tradition: Perspectives of Past and Present Scholarship (Part I)" Currents in Biblical Research 5 (2006): 73-122.
James the Just, the brother of Jesus, is known from the New Testament as the chief apostle of the Torah-obedient Christians. Up to the last quarter of the twentieth century, Jewish Christianity was regarded as an unimportant branch of the early Christian movement. Correspondingly, there was remarkably little interest in James. However, in the past two decades, while early Christianity has been studied as a form of Judaism, the literature on James has grown considerably. Now some scholars tend to assume that James was a loyal follower of his brother right from the beginning, and that his leadership in the church was stronger than traditionally has been assumed. Fresh studies on Acts 15 and Galatians 2 have opened new questions about the Christian Judaism of James and social formation of the community which he led. Part II of this article, to be published in a later issue of Currents, will treat the rest of the James tradition—James’s ritual purity, martyrdom and succession, and his role in the Gnostic writings and later Christian evidence. It will conclude with reflections concerning James and earliest Jewish-Christian theology.
Thanks to Stephen C. Carlson, of Hypotyposeis, for pointing out that WorldCat, a library catalog of library catalogs is now available without subscription. This is a fantastic resource, and I highly recommend taking a look. I continually refer students at Gordon-Conwell to this resource, so that they can find virtually every book written and cataloged on a topic that they are studying. For instance, here's a link to all books written and cataloged on the Epistle of James, while here is a link to books on "James the Just."
A hint on searching for resources on books of the Bible: Use "su:bible su:n.t. su:bookname" in your search field, use n.t. for New Testament books but substitute o.t. for Old Testament books, then substitute the name of the biblical book for "bookname." Add "su:1st" or "su:2nd", etc. for books like 1 & 2 Corinthians, etc. See examples:
The "su:" limits your search to the subject field, so that you don't end up finding the BasketWeavers' Bible by N.T. James (if such a book and author existed). Rather, you will only find books with records that have "bible n.t. james" in the subject field (the standard Library of Congress subject heading for all resources on the Epistle of James).
If you only want to see commentaries, then add "su:commentaries" to the search as well.
Michael Bird of Euangelion posts the general contents of Kloppenborg's paper presented at the 2006 meeting of the SNTS along with his reactions to the paper. Heres' a "blurb" of the article as provided by Bird:
James 1:1, 'to the twelve tribes in the Diaspora', has routinely been interpreted contrary to its literal sense as an address to Jewish-Christians or to Christians in general living 'metaphorically' in the Diaspora, away from their spiritual home. This paper argues that Jas 1:1 is to be taken in its ordinary sense, and that the letter was (fictively) addressed to Judaeans of the Diaspora (who may have included members of the Jesus movement). The paper is then concerned with the problems of how an author, (ostensibly) writing to a general audience of Judaeans, establishes ethos, according to Aristled [sic?] the key means of persuasion. The author does so by invoking and emulating exemplary figures of Israel's past, in particular Solomon, the hero par excellence of biblical wisdom, and for members of the Jesus movement, Jesus himself.
Graham Stanton writes: “once one accepts that Jesus traditions have been used at James 2:8 and at James 5:12, it becomes more likely that the writer has drawn on Jesus traditions elsewhere.” If this is accurate, then we are experiencing the conversion of James. Someone who was a thorough 1st century Jew, has now encountered the Messiah, the LORD JESUS, and this writing represents part of the ‘first-fruits’ of reflection on what that means.
James' epistle blurs the lines between Jewish and Christian writings. If incipient Christianity was seen as a movement within Judaism, rather than a separate movement, it is quite possible - in my own mind - to see the "twelve tribes of the dispersion" as a reference to the greater Jewish community whose eschatological ingathering has been inaugurated by the Glorious Lord Jesus Christ.
Ben C. Smith of TextExcavation has a helpful presentation of the Testimonium Flavianum, the account of Josephus that mentions Jesus and James the Just. The page has the pertinent texts with translation (see below) along with the parallel texts and translations from Eusebius, Origen, Jerome and others. Here's a sample - Josephus' description of James' martyrdom (Antiquities 20.9.1 §200-203):
Ατε δη ουν τοιουτος ων ο Ανανος, νομισας εχειν καιρον επιτηδειον δια το τεθναναι μεν Φηστον, Αλβινον δ ετι κατα την οδον υπαρχειν, καθιζει συνεδριον κριτων και παραγαγων εις αυτο τον αδελφον Ιησου του λεγομενου Χριστου, Ιακωβος ονομα αυτω, και τινας ετερους, ως παρανομησαντων κατηγοριαν ποιησαμενος παρκεστατοι των κατα την πολιν ειναι και περι τους νομους ακριβεις βαρεως ηνεγκαν επι τουτω και πεμπουσιν προς τον βασιλεα κρυφα παρακαλουντες αυτον επιστειλαι τω Ανανω μηκετι τοιαυτα πρασσειν· μηδε γαρ το πρωτον ορθως αυτον πεποιηκεναι. τινες δ αυτων και τον Αλβινον υπαντιαζουσιν απο της Αλεξανδρειας οδοιπορουντα και διδασκουσιν, ως ουκ εξον ην Ανανω χωρις της εκεινου γνωμης καθισαι συνεδριον. Αλβινος δε πεισθεις τοις λεγομενοις γραφει μετ οργης τω Ανανω ληψεσθαι παρ αυτου δικας απειλων. και ο βασιλευς Αγριππας δια τουτο την αρχιερωσυνην αφελομενος αυτον αρξαντα μηνας τρεις Ιησουν τον του Δαμναιου κατεστησεν.
When, therefore, Ananus was of this disposition, he thought he had now a proper opportunity. Festus was now dead, and Albinus was but upon the road; so he assembled the Sanhedrin of judges, and brought before them the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James, and some others. And, when he had formed an accusation against them as breakers of the law, he delivered them to be stoned. But as for those who seemed the most equitable of the citizens, and such as were the most uneasy at the breach of the laws, they disliked what was done; they also sent to the king, desiring him to send to Ananus that he should act so no more, for that what he had already done was not to be justified; nay, some of them went also to meet Albinus, as he was upon his journey from Alexandria, and informed him that it was not lawful for Ananus to assemble a Sanhedrin without his consent. Whereupon Albinus complied with what they said, and wrote in anger to Ananus, and threatened that he would bring him to punishment for what he had done; on which king Agrippa took the high priesthood from him when he had ruled but three months, and made Jesus, the son of Damneus, high priest.
Mariam Kamell (GreekGeek) has presented a paper titled "Faith in Hebrews and James: A Study of Hebrews 10:19-12:14 and James 1-2" at the Epistle to the Hebrews & Christian Theology conference at St. Mary's College, University of St. Andrews. She has been kind enough to post her paper to the web! Take a look at the PDF linked at her blog.
Update (7.21.06): Mariam has kindly allowed me to host her paper on this website. Check it out HERE.
Byron, John. "Living in the Shadow of Cain Echoes of a Developing Tradition in James 5:1-6." Novum Testamentum 48 (June 2006): 261-274. Available with subscription HERE.
Abstract:
Behind the statements in James 5:1-6 is an echo of the Cain and Abel story. While it has been recognized that Abel served as an archetype for righteousness and unjust suffering, it is sometimes overlooked that Cain fulfilled a similar role. Beginning with the writings of Josephus and Philo and continuing through to the Midrashim, Cain was portrayed as an archetype for those who oppress the poor and the righteous for self-gain. Just as James accuses the wealthy of using dishonest means to retain the wages of the poor, so also Cain was accused of increasing his property and possessions through robbery and force. The enigmatic statements in 5:6 represent an indictment against the wealthy and declaring that they are guilty of the sin of Cain.
Deppe’s dissertation is on “The Sayings of Jesus in the Epistle of James” and it has been cited by scholars as one of the most important works on James’ use of Jesus’ teachings in the Epistle. For instance, Richard Bauckham notes:
“Deppe’s very thorough study (unfortunately not easily accessible and so not used by most scholars writing subsequently) probably takes this method of approach to the relationship between James and the Gospels as far as it can be taken” (see pg. 117 in “James and Jesus” [pgs. 100-137 in The Brother of Jesus: James the Just and His Mission; eds. B. Chilton & J. Neusner; Louisville, KY: W/JKP, 2001]).
The sayings of Jesus in the Epistle of James / Dean B. Deppe. 299 p. ; 26 cm. Chelsea, Mich. : Bookcrafters, 1989. Thesis completed at Vrije Universiteit te Amsterdam, 1989.
Dr. Deppe is offering copies of the dissertation for $25.00, plus $5.00 shipping & handling.
Any suggestions on grammars that can be used to "self teach" German for reading? I own an old (very marked up) copy of Jannach's 3rd ed., along with Ziefle's Modern Theological German. I guess the same question could be applied to French, as I'll eventually have to tackle it.
To add to my pain, I've been salivating over Italian (no, not pizza or pasta, but research). Claudio Bottini has written a monograph on Elijah's prayer in James (La preghiera di Elia in Giacomo 5,17-18. Studio della tradizione biblica e giudaica, Jerusalem 1981) - the subject of my thesis. I've used online translation programs to work through the text in places, but I know the danger involved in relying on Google or BabelFish!
Boy, I wish I had taken German in High School (or at least French) rather than Russian! (Russian was available where I grew up because I lived only a few miles away from NSA at the close of the Cold War.)
Thomas Manton, a 17th c. Puritan minister, wrote an "Exposition of the Epistle of James." This work has been available at the Christian Classics Etherial Library (CCEL) site since March, 2006, but it's new to me! I am always happy to see texts made available for free use online, and I hope to contribute some freebies as well.
Primal Subversion's focus on "all things Jacobean"
Sean du Toit of Primal Subversion is going to focus on "all things Jacobean!" Sounds good. I'm looking forward to reading some of the reflections on James that contributors have sent him. (I'm sorry that I did not have time to write one.)
Michael Bird of Euangelion, recently posted about his plan to create a bibliography of resources on the Pistis Christou debate. This reminded me of my own plans in the past to create an online bibliography of articles and books on all things Jacobean (having to do with James the Just or the Epistle of James. So, I will begin doing so within the next few weeks. Keep posted.
Over the years I've stumbled across a few caches of Rabbinic Writings on the web. The Talmud Yerushalmi & Bavli along with the Mishnah are available at Mechon-Mamre. David Instone-Brewer of Tyndale House has pointed out that Tsel Harim has made available the Midrash Rabbah in Hebrew. I found that they also have the Midrash Tanhuma, and the Yalqut Shimeoni. By chance, I stumbled upon the Seder Olam Rabbah, available at Shechem.org.
There has been some discussion on the Logos blog as well as on the ESV blog about comparing graphing the density of quotations of the Old Testament in the New Testament. It's interesting to see a comment on a blog turn into useful data.
I've been thinking about another way of representing similar data graphically. What if instead of a bar graph, there was an x/y axis with each verse of the OT (or a particular OT book) assigned to the x-axis and each verse of the NT (or NT book) assigned to the y-axis. When a NT writer quotes from a particular verse of the OT there would be a point plotted at the intersection of the two. Thus a "cluster" of quotes could be seen. Perhaps a z-axis could be added that would cover verbal affinities (e.g. if it is a quotation, how many words are quoted verbatim; if it is an allusion how many similar words or roots; if its an echo, how loud?).
Sometimes charts can be nothing more than "bells and whistles," but I think that plotting information like this would be helpful as well. The example I have shown above is a mock graph of Isaiah 40:6-8 in 1 Peter 1:24-25. The z-axis does not necessarily represent anything, but it illustrates potential. Different colors could be used as well, perhaps in some form of grey-scale to represent quotes, allusions and echoes (or some other user/editor defined system of evaluating the "saturation" of the quote).
An article by David Instone-Brewer, titled "James as a Sermon on the Trials of Abraham," is available for reading on Amazon along with other essays collected in The New Testament in Its First Century Setting: Essays on Context and Background in Honour of B. W. Winter on his 65th Birthday (eds. P. J. Williams, et al.; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004), 250-268.
Use Amazon's "search inside the book" feature to look for the article and read online!
Southern Baptist Journal of Theology issue on James available online!
The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology has published an entire issue on the Epistle of James (vol. 4, no. 3 [2000]). This issue has been made available online by Southern Seminary.
Download the complete complete Journal as a PDF file here. Or download the individual articles below:
Neil Fernyhough, "Constructing the world of wealth in the Epistle of James." M.Th. thesis. Vancouver School of Theology, 2001. Abstract available HERE. Full text PDF available HERE.
Alicia Batten, "Unworldly friendship: the Epistle of Straw reconsidered." Ph.D. diss. University of St. Michael's College, 2000. Abstract available HERE. Full text PDF available HERE.
Article Online: "Recent Scholarship on the Structure of James"
Mark E. Taylor, "Recent Scholarship on the Structure of James." Currents in Biblical Research 3 (2004): 86-115.
The abstract of the article is as follows:
The letter of James, although often neglected in the history of New Testament scholarship, has received renewed interest in the last three decades. Much of the discussion has focused on the letter’s structure, and the result has been a significant departure from the old paraenetic, ‘unstructured’ view of James set forth by Martin Dibelius in favor of a view that sees much more unity and ordering within the composition. Since an assessment of structure virtually determines interpretation, one is not surprised to discover within recent scholarship a thorough re-evaluation of the letter. This shift in perspective raises important questions. Why has scholarship generally set aside Dibelius’s long-standing approach? What new structures have been offered? How crucial is a definitive ‘structure’ to our understanding of the content of the letter? While the overall question of the structure of James is far from settled, some areas of consensus have emerged, and the stage is set for further dialogue.
A full text electronic version of this article is available online at the SAGE Publications website HERE.
The Society of Biblical Literature regularly provides book reviews, collected into the Review of Biblical Literature, and made freely available online. Below is a list of books reviewed on topics related to both the epistle & the historical James:
Klein, Martin. "Ein vollkommenes Werk ": Vollkommenheit, Gesetz und Gericht als theologische Themen des Jakobusbriefes. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 1995. Review by Todd C. Penner. HERE
Hartin, Patrick J. James of Jerusalem: Heir to Jesus of Nazareth. The Liturgical Press, 2004. Reviews by L. T. Johnson, P. H. Davids & Darian Lockett HERE
Hartin, Patrick J. A Spirituality of Perfection: Faith in Action in the Letter of James. The Liturgical Press, 1999. Review by Christopher Bowman. HERE Reviews by Christopher Bowman & Matthias Konradt. HERE
Johnson, Luke Timothy. Brother of Jesus, Friend of God: Studies in the Letter of James. Eerdmans, 2004. Reviews by Markus Öhler, William Wilson, Steve Patton & Kari Syreeni. HERE
Wall, Robert W. Community of the Wise: The Letter of James. Valley Forge, PA: Trinity Press International, 1997. Review by Patrick J. Hartin. HERE
Schmitz, Franz-Jürgen, Ed. Das Verhältnis der Koptischen zur Griechischen Überlieferung des Neuen Testaments: Dokumentation und Auswertung der Gesamtmaterialien Beider Traditionen zum Jacobsbrief und den Beiden Petrusbriefen. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2003. Review by Thomas J. Kraus. HERE
Popkes, Wiard. Der Brief des Jakobus. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2001. Review by Matthias Konradt. HERE
Wachtel, Klaus. Der Byzantinische Text der Katholischen Briefe: Eine Untersuchung zur Entstehung der Koine des Neuen Testaments. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1995. Review by W. Larry Richards. HERE
Perkins, Pheme. First and Second Peter, James, and Jude. Louisville: John Knox Press, 1995. Review by Andrew Chester. HERE
Edgar, David Hutchinson. Has God Not Chosen the Poor?: The Social Setting of the Epistle of James. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001. Reviews by Matt A. Jackson-Mccabe & Matthias Konradt. HERE
Sleeper, C. Freeman. James. Nashville: Abingdon, 1998. Review by Matt A Jackson-Mccabe. HERE
Hartin, Patrick J. James. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2003. Review by Tobias Nicklas. HERE Brosend Ii, William F. James and Jude. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Review by Tommy Wasserman. HERE
Painter, John. Just James: The Brother of Jesus in History and Tradition. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1997. Review by Robert Eisenman. HERE
Jackson-Mccabe, Matt A. Logos and Law in the Letter of James: The Law of Nature, the Law of Moses and the Law of Freedom. Reviews by Joel B Green & Matthias Konradt. HERE
Thomas, John Christopher. The Devil, Disease, and Deliverance: Origins of Illness in New Testament Thought. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998. Review by Graham Twelftree. HERE
Penner, Todd C. The Epistle of James and Eschatology: Re-reading an Ancient Christian Letter. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996. Review by Peter H. Davids. HERE
Osburn, Carroll D. The Text of the Apostolos in Epiphanius of Salamis. Atlanta/Leiden: Society of Biblical Literature/Brill, 2004. Reviews by Tommy Wasserman & Peter Williams. HERE
These articles on James are hosted on a fantastic site provided by Ted Hildebrandt, professor at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts. See his faculty page at Gordon College HERE.
Burns, John A. “James, The Wisdom of Jesus.” CTR 1.1 (1986): 113-135. *.html,*.pdf, *.doc
Davis, George B. “Preaching From the Book of James.” CTR 1.1 (1986): 137-147. *.html,*.pdf, *.doc
Dockery, David S. “Commenting on Commentaries on the Book of James.” CTR 1.1 (1986): 167-169. *.html,*.pdf, *.doc
Dockery, David S. “True Piety in James: Ethical Admonitions and Theological Implications.” CTR 1.1 (1986): 51-70. *.html,*.pdf,*.doc
Heide, Gale Z. “The Soteriology of James 2:14.” GTJ 12.1 (1992): 69-97. *.html,*.pdf,*.doc
Hiebert, D. Edmond. "The Unifying Theme of the Epistle of James." BibSac 135 (1978): 221-31. *.html,*.pdf,*.doc
Howard, Tracy L. “Suffering in James 1:2-12.” CTR 1.1 (1986): 71-84. *.html,*.pdf, *.doc
Rakestraw, Robert V. “James 2:14-26: Does James Contradict the Pauline Soteriology.” CTR 1.1 (1986): 31-50. *.html,*.pdf,*.doc
Sloan, Robert B. “The Christology of James.” CTR 1.1 (1986): 3-29. *.html,*.pdf,*.doc
Warden, Duane. “The Rich and Poor in James: Implications for Institutionalized Partiality.” JETS 43.2 (June 2000): 247-257. *.pdf
Wells, C. Richard. “The Theology of Prayer in James.” CTR 1.1 (1986): 85-112. *.html,*.pdf, *.doc
CTR=Criswell Theological Review; JETS=Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society; BibSac=Bibliotheca Sacra; GTJ=Grace Theological Journal
Musings, resources and research related to my interests in early Jewish and Christian literature, librarianship, etc.
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Name: James Darlack
Location: Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States
A graduate of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, I currently serve as the reference librarian at the seminary’s Goddard Library. I am interested in the study of the New Testament and Second Temple Judaism. In seminary I have concentrated my studies both on the Epistle of James and the use of the Old Testament in later Jewish and Christian literature.
