Purity and Worldview in the Epistle of James

Zusammenfassung Provides a look at purity language within the "Epistle of James", arguing against restricting the meaning of purity language to the individual moral sphere. This volume offers a taxonomy of purity language, applied as a heuristic guide to understand the function of purity and pollution in the epistle. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Purity in James 2. A Reassessment and Taxonomy of Purity Language 3. An Approach to the Text 4. Exegesis of Purity Language in James 5. Purity and the Cultural Stance of James 6. Summary and Conclusion

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• Authors: Darian Lockett, Darian R. Lockett, Darian Lockwood
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.03.2008
• EAN: 9780567033116
• ISBN: 978-0-567-03311-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Library of New Testament Studi; Library of New Testament Studi; The Library of New Testament Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / General, Bible readings, selections & meditations, Bible readings, selections and meditations