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[½ÅÇÐ] A THEOLOGY OF JAMES: WISDOM FOR GOD¡¯S PEOPLE, by Christopher W. Morgan
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A THEOLOGY OF JAMES: WISDOM FOR GOD¡¯S PEOPLE, by Christopher W. Morgan, Published on April 7, 2022 by Eugene Ho
P & R Publishing, 2010 | 240 pages
A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance
by Mark Baker
About the Author
Christopher W. Morgan (Ph.D., Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary) is Professor of Theology and an Associate Dean at California Baptist University in Riverside, California. He is also author of James: Wisdom for the Community.
Overview
This book seeks to bridge the gap between exegesis of particular passages in James and a systematic overview of the book. ¡°It seeks to demonstrate that while particular passages have important messages, biblical books also have larger, overarching messages that merit attention¡± (xvi). Specifically, James¡¯s theology appears to be rooted in the Old Testament, Judaism, and the teachings of Jesus (xvii).
Table of Contents
1 James in Context
2 Influences on James¡¯s Thought
3 James¡¯s Pastoral Burden: Wisdom for Consistency in the Community
4 Wisdom
5 Consistency
6 Suffering
7 The Poor
8 Words
9 God¡¯s Word and Law
10 James and Paul
11 A Sketch of James¡¯s Theology
12 Theology at Work
13 James for the Twenty-first-Century Church
Summary
Chapters 1-2: James in Context and Influences on James¡¯s Thought
While there are other theories, James the brother of Jesus most likely wrote the epistle of James. James uses many ¡°Semitisms,¡± or phrases that have been influenced by the Hebrew language. James is in the form of a letter, and the sub-genre is paraenesis, or exhortation, which is often characterized by numerous moral sayings strung together by common themes. The Hebrew Bible influenced more than just the language of the letter: James 2:11 contains an allusion to the ten commandments, even listing them in the same order as the Septuagint.
Deuteronomy 10:12-22 ¡°serves as a helpful backdrop to understanding James¡± (26). There are several common topics between this passage and James: ¡°God¡¯s election of his people, impartiality, justice for orphans and widows, provision of food and clothing to strangers, love for God leading to loving others, and God shaping community ethics¡± (26). Strikingly, there are also similarities between every major section of the Sermon on the Mount and the letter of James. . . .
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A THEOLOGY OF JAMES: WISDOM FOR GOD¡¯S PEOPLE, by Christopher W. Morgan
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