Purity and Worldview in the Epistle of James (The Library of New Testament Studies) - Hardcover

Lockett, Darian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0567033112 ISBN 13: 9780567033116

Publisher: T&T Clark, 2008

Synopsis

Arguing against restricting the meaning of purity language to the individual moral sphere (as many commentaries do), the central argument of Purity and Worldview in the Epistle of James is that purity language both articulates and constructs the worldview in James's epistle. Lockett offers a taxonomy of purity language, applied as a heuristic guide to understand the function of purity and pollution in the epistle. Through this analysis the study concludes that James is not calling for sectarian separation, but rather demonstrates a degree of cultural accommodation while calling forth specific socio-cultural boundaries between the readers and the world.

About this title

About the Author

Darian Lockett is Assistant Professor of New Testament, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, CA, USA

Review

Mention —New Testament Abstracts, Vol. 53 No. 1, 2009

Mention - International Review of Biblical Studies, vol. 54:2007/08

"...Lockett makes a convincing case for his thesis. It should profit serious students of James."Religious Studies Review, September 2009

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 "Whether it involves questions about the authorship of theletter of James or its peculiar theological assumptions or the social settingof its readers, recent decades have seen a surge of interest, even fascination,with the document. Based on his research at the University of St. Andrews,under the guidance of Ron Piper, Dairan Lockett has contributed a valuablemonograph to the literature. Current and future students will need to stir hisconclusions into the mix of the ongoing research." —Duane Warden, Journal of the Evangelical TheologicalSociety, 2010
(Journal Of Evangelical Theological Society)

"Lockett expertly advances his own case for the significance of purity in James and finely tunes its role as a major concern of its perfection theme...It covers an aspect of James that deserves treatment and provides meaningful research for others to ponder, both in its broad strokes and in its fine points. For those interested in the Epistle of James it should be required reading."
-William R. Baker, Stone Campbell Journal, Vol. 13, 2010

Mention –New Testament Abstracts, Vol. 53 No. 1, 2009

"...Lockett makes a convincing case for his thesis. It should profit serious students of James."Religious Studies Review, September 2009

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 “Whether it involves questions about the authorship of theletter of James or its peculiar theological assumptions or the social settingof its readers, recent decades have seen a surge of interest, even fascination,with the document. Based on his research at the University of St. Andrews,under the guidance of Ron Piper, Dairan Lockett has contributed a valuablemonograph to the literature. Current and future students will need to stir hisconclusions into the mix of the ongoing research.” –Duane Warden, Journal of the Evangelical TheologicalSociety, 2010
(Journal Of Evangelical Theological Society)

Edition details

• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0567033112
• ISBN 13: 9780567033116
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 240