General Resources for James
(Check the Scripture Index for links and study resources pertaining to specific pericopes)

• Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:
  • James, at Luther Seminary's Bible Tutor. Study basics about Bible books, people, dates, places, and content, and take web-based self-tests. CD-ROM of Advanced Studies also available at their site.
  • Epistle of James, Wikipedia.
  • Introduction to the Book of James, New American Bible.
  • James: Introduction and Outline by Professor Barry D. Smith, Atlantic Baptist University, in Religious Studies 1023: The New Testament and Its Context.
  • "James," from Many Witnesses, One Lord, William Barclay. Full text at Religion Online.
  • "The Epistle of James," in An Introduction to the New Testament by Richard Heard. Full text of book online at Religion Online.
  • James- Introduction, Argument, and Outline by Daniel B. Wallace at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
  • The World Wide Study Bible on the Book of James.
  • The Catholic Encyclopedia: Epistle of Saint James.
  • Bible Basics (James) by NetMinistries. (Very basic - includes .wav files with pronunciation of Biblical words)
  • Walking Through the Bible: James.
  • Biblenotes summary: James.
• Commentary, Exegesis, Studies, etc.:
  • James, Geneva Study Bible, 1599.
  • James, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706.
  • James, John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament.
  • James, Wesley's Notes, c 1760.
  • James, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871.
  • James, People's New Testament, 1891.
  • James, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917.
  • James, John Gill's Exposition of the Bible.
  • James, Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament.
  • Letter of James, verse by verse commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com.
  • James, Expository Notes, Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005 edition.
  • Free Bible Commentary, James and Jude, Dr. Bob Utley, Professor of Hermeneutics, East Texas Baptist University.
• Articles and Background:
  • "'Let Not Many of You Become Teachers' - James the Sage," Ben Witherington's Blog, 2006.
  • "Making Christian Culture in the Epistle of James," by Vernon K. Robbins. From Scriptura 59 (1996): 341-51.
  • "The Messiah Jesus in the Mythic World of James," Matt Jackson-McCabe, Journal of Biblical Literature, 2003. (Links one long .pdf file of entire Winter 2003 JBL volume. Expect long download times over slow connections.)
• Articles in ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are subscribed and logged in to ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
  • Jackson-McCabe, Matt, "The Messiah Jesus in the Mythic World of James," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2003.
  • "James," issue focus of Review and Expositor, 2000.
  • Johnson, Luke Timothy, "An Introduction to the Letter of James," Review and Expositor, 2000.
  • Painter, John, "James as the First Catholic Epistle," Interpretation, 2006.
  • Pakala, James C., "A Librarian's Comments on Commentaries: 17 (James)," Presbyterion, 2004.
  • Taylor, Mark E. and George H. Guthrie, "The Structure of James," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2006.
  • Verseput, Donald J., "Genre and Story: The Community Setting of the Epistle of James," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2000.
  • Whitters, Mark F., "The Letter of James and the Season of Advent: Common Themes," Word & World, 2006.
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• Reviews:
  • Review: Richard Bauckham, Wisdom of James, Disciple of Jesus the Sage. (Routledge, 1999) Reviewed by Mark Goodacre in Reviews in Religion and Theology.
  • Reviews: Patrick J. Hartin, A Spirituality of Perfection: Faith in Action in the Letter of James. Liturgical Press, 1999. Reviews by Christopher Bowman (2000) and Matthias Konradt (2005), Review of Biblical Literature.
  • Reviews: David Hutchison Edgar, Has God Not Chosen the Poor? The Social Setting of the Epistle of James. Sheffield Academic Press, 2001. Reviews by Matt A. Jackson-McCabe (2003) and Matthias Konradt (2005), Review of Biblical Literature.
  • Reviews: Matt A. Jackson-McCabe, Logos and Law in the Letter of James: The Law of Nature, the Law of Moses and the Law of Freedom. Brill, 2001. Reviews by Joel B. Green (2002) and Matthias Konradt (2005), Review of Biblical Literture.
  • Review: Patrick Hartin, James. Liturgical Press, 2003. Review by Tobias Nicklas in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
  • Review: Patrick Hartin, James. Liturgical Press, 2003. Review by Timothy B. Cargal in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004.
  • Review: Luke Leuk Cheung, The Genre, Composition and Hermeneutics of the Epistle of James. Paternoster, 2003. Review by Luke Timothy Johnson in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004.
  • Reviews: Luke Timothy Johnson, Brother of Jesus, Friend of God: Studies in the Letter of James. Eerdmans, 2004. Reviews by Markus Oehler, William Wilson and Kari Syreeni in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
  • Review: William F. Brosend, II, James and Jude. Cambridge University Press, 2004. Review by Tommy Wasserman, Review of Biblical Literature, 2005.
  • Review: Patrick J. Hartin, James, First Peter, Jude, Second Peter. (New Collegeville Bible Commentary) Liturgical Press, 2005. Review by Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
• The Text This Week's Study Resources for the General Epistles and Revelation.
• Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Concordance:
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