Jónsson, Sigurvin Lárus
James among the Classicists

Reading the Letter of James in Light of Ancient Literary Criticism.

The letter of James builds educational ethos as a balance against the rich and powerful, and calls for a revision of both its rhetoric and socio-economic situation.This book gives attention to the language and style of the letter of James, with a hypothesis about its rhetorical purpose in mind. It focuses on what we can learn about the author of James, by reading the text in light of a guiding research question: How does the author establish and assert authority? The letter builds literary authority for a number of purposes, one of which is to address socioeconomic disparity, a major concern for the author. 353 Seiten, gebunden (Studia Aarhusiana Neotestamentica; Vol. 8/Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2021) leichte Lagerspuren, Ecken leicht bestoßen/minor shelfwear, edges slightly bumped