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A Review Article Commenting on Commentaries on the Book of James
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Dockery, David S. |
| Copyright Year | 1986 |
| Abstract | For many years, perhaps because of the overriding influence of Martin Luther's prejudice toward this book, James was neglected by NT scholars. Happily, that is changing. The student of James will be tremendously aided by several fine commentaries, especially those that have been published in the last decade. During this time, there have been important contributions made at both the popular and technical levels. While no one would need all of these commentaries, each one, for various reasons, makes a valuable contribution to the study of the epistle. In this review article, we hope to assess the strengths of some of the volumes as well as note the various perspectives from which each has been written. In doing so, it is our purpose to provide guidelines for the busy pastor, teacher or student who is seeking help in the exegesis and exposition of this important NT book. The classic work on the epistle is still the fine commentary by James B. Mayor (first published in 1913). As a full scale commentary, it is still the finest exposition available on James, even considering the recent publications. The newer volumes by Peter Davids (1982) in the New International Greek Testament Commentary and Sophie Laws (1980) are very valuable as well. Davids' work is a masterpiece in scholarship interacting with newer and older literature, including works in German and French. He writes from an evangelical perspective and is quite creative as he weaves together the theological and literary themes of James. Laws' work is useful, but not nearly as creative. The New International Commentary series has replaced the older volume by A. Ross (1954) with a more thorough exposition by James Adamson (1976). Adamson's work is on the English text as is another volume by Davids (1983) in the Good News Commentary series. For works on the Greek text, in addition to Mayor and Davids (1982), the exegete will be served well with the works by W. E. Oesterley (revised 1979) in The Expositor's Greek New Testament, R. C. H. Lenski (1966), and the esteemed older works by F. J. A. Hort (originally published 1909) and J. H. Ropes (1916) in the International Critical Commentary. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://faculty.gordon.edu/hu/bi/ted_hildebrandt/NTeSources/NTArticles/CTR-NT/Dockery-JamesCommetary-CTR.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
