James Through the Centuries Paperback / softback
by David (Emory University, USA) Gowler
Part of the Wiley Blackwell Bible Commentaries series
Paperback / softback
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This unique commentary on James by an outstanding New Testament specialist, David B.
Gowler, provides a broad range of original perspectives on how people have interpreted, and been influenced by, this important epistle.
The author explores a vast array of interpretations extending far beyond theological commentary, sermons, and hymns, to also embrace the epistle's influences on literature, art, politics, and social theory.
The work includes examples of how successive generations have portrayed the historical figure of James the Just, in both pictorial and textual form.
Contextualizing his analysis with excerpts from key documents, including artistic representations of the epistle, the author reviews the dynamic interactions between the James and Jesus traditions and compares James's epistle with those of Paul.
The volume highlights James's particular concern for the poor and marginalized, charting the many responses to this aspect of his legacy.
Drawing on sources as varied as William Shakespeare, John Calvin, Charles Schultz's Peanuts, and political cartoons, this is an exhaustive study of the theological and cultural debates sparked by the Epistle of James.
James Through the Centuries is published within the Wiley Blackwell Bible Commentaries series.
Further information about this innovative reception history series is available at www.bbibcomm.info.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:368 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:14/05/2020
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- ISBN:9781119673897
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:368 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:14/05/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781119673897