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.
- Letter of James, Baylor University Christian Reflections journal, 2012. Articles, studies, etc.
- 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- 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.) -
Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Jackson-McCabe, Matt,
"The Messiah Jesus in the Mythic World of James," Journal of Biblical
Literature, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Johnson, Luke Timothy,
"An
Introduction to the Letter of James," Review and Expositor, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Painter, John,
"James as the First Catholic Epistle," Interpretation, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Pakala, James C.,
"A Librarian's Comments on Commentaries: 17 (James)," Presbyterion,
2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Taylor, Mark E. and George H. Guthrie,
"The Structure of James," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Verseput, Donald J., "Genre and Story: The Community Setting of the Epistle of James," The
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Whitters, Mark F., "The Letter of James and the Season of
Advent: Common Themes," Word & World, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Jackson-McCabe, Matt,
"The Messiah Jesus in the Mythic World of James," Journal of Biblical
Literature, 2003.
- The Text This Week's Study Resources for the General Epistles and Revelation.
- Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Concordance: