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Toward a postcolonial reading of the Epistle of James : James 2:1-13 in its Roman imperial context / by Ingeborg Mongstad-Kvammen.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Biblical interpretation seriesPublication details: Boston : Brill, 2013.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9004251871
  • 9789004251878
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 227/.9106 23
LOC classification:
  • BS2785.52 .M66 2013
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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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
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
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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)596846

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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

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

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.