Toward a postcolonial reading of the Epistle of James: James 2:1-13 in its Roman imperial context
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 Co...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston
Brill
2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Mongstad-Kvammen, Ingeborg, Toward a postcolonial reading of the Epistle of James] (2016) (Batten, Alicia J.)
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| Series/Journal: | Biblical interpretation series, 0928-0731
VOLUME 119 Biblical Interpretation Series |
| Further subjects: | B
Postcolonial criticism of sacred works
B Bible. James II, 1-13 Postcolonial criticism B RELIGION ; Biblical Studies ; New Testament B RELIGION ; Biblical Studies ; Paul's Letters |
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| Summary: | 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 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 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 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004251871 |