The Epistle of St. James: The Greek Text with Introduction, Commentary as Far as Chapter IV, Verse 7, and Additional Notes

Hort, Fenton John Anthony

ISBN 10: 1108007538 / ISBN 13: 9781108007535

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2009

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xxxiii 118pp paperback, ownership signature, facsimile reprint of 1909 edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Epistle of St. James: The Greek Text with Introduction, Commentary as Far as Chapter IV, Verse 7, and Additional Notes
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108007538
• ISBN 13: 9781108007535
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Fenton John Antony Hort (1828–1892) was Professor of Divinity at Cambridge and the editor, with B.F. Westcott, of an influential edition of the Greek New Testament. His detailed commentary on the Greek text of the Epistle (Letter) of St James was left incomplete at his death. When it was published in 1909, the editor wrote 'Each word and phrase and sentence has been examined in the light of the whole available evidence with characteristic freshness, and with a singularly delicate sense both of the meaning of words, and of subtle variations of grammatical structure.' The Introduction situates the Epistle in its New Testament context, and reflects on issues of authorship, reception and content. Hort's scholarly insights remain of interest to modern theologians. His work also bears witness to the strenuous efforts made by late Victorian theologians to create a textual bulwark against the growth of religious scepticism.

Book Description

Published in 1909, Hort's unfinished commentary on the Epistle of St James included an authoritative Greek text and detailed notes on the language and interpretation of the Epistle, its authorship and New Testament context, and its reception up to and including the dawn of the Darwinian age.