By Alicia J. Batten
ISBN-10: 1905679106
ISBN-13: 9781905679102
Now on hand from SBL Press
Employing social description, social clinical types, and rhetorical research, Alicia J. Batten argues that the letter of James is conversant with the subject of friendship inside Greek and Roman literature, in addition to inside of a number of texts of early Christianity. She illustrates how James drew upon the various language and ideas on the topic of friendship with an exciting density to recommend resistance to wealth, avoidance of wealthy buyers, and reliance upon God.
Features:
- Use of friendship, benefaction, and patronage as lenses by which James and comparable texts might be viewed
- A powerful case for the way the letter appels to the language and ideas of friendship in regards to God's relationships with humans
- Exploration of the connection among the booklet of James and the lessons of Jesus
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Xxxix. 94 Epicurus, Sent. Vat. xxiii. 120 (LCL; trans. R . D . Hicks; L o n d o n : H e i n e m a n n ; N e w Y o r k : G . P . P u t n a m , 1925). 89. Friendship 28 indifference. 97 and Benefaction in James T h e s e latter things are n o t rejected b y t h e Stoics; rather, t h e y s i m p l y d o n o t r a n k as p r e r e q u i s i t e s f o r su&oafjiovia i n t h e m a n n e r t h a t v i r t u e d o e s . F o r t h e S t o i c , t h e w i s e p e r s o n m u s t b e self-sufficient a n d as s u c h , d e t a c h e d f r o m t h e e x t e r n a l c h a n g e s i n c i r c u m s t a n c e s t h a t life i n e x o r a b l y b r i n g s .
One not If t h e i n d i v i d u a l p r o v e s w o r t h y , t h e n o n e m u s t set a b o u t p r o c u r i n g his f r i e n d s h i p , n o t b y flat tering h i m (which w o u l d repel him) but by being a g o o d person oneself. " 6 2 T w o friends, therefore, m u s t b o t h b e v i r t u o u s p e o p l e . A b a d p e r s o n c a n n o t b e friends, e v e n w i t h a g o o d p e r s o n . X e n o p h o n g r a n t s t h a t h u m a n b e i n g s h a v e a n a t u r a l p r o p e n s i t y for evil, b u t d e s p i t e t h e i r s u s c e p t i b i l i t y t o strife, e n v y , j e a l o u s y , a n g e r a n d h a t r e d , f r i e n d s h i p still slips i n , a n d " u n i t e s t h e g e n t l e n a t u r e s .
A t r u e friend will n e v e r betray t h e confidence of his 131 f r i e n d , for if h e d o e s , h e h a s d e s t r o y e d t h e f r i e n d s h i p ( 2 7 : 1 6 - 2 1 ) . M o r e o v e r , B e n Sira c o u n sels t h a t o n e s h o u l d r e m a i n t r u e t o a f r i e n d w h e n h e is p o o r o r i n t r o u b l e , f o r w h e n h e is p r o s p e r o u s , h e w i l l s h a r e his w e a l t h ( 2 2 : 1 3 - 2 6 ) . I n t h i s i n s t a n c e it a p p e a r s t h a t t h e a u t h o r h a s s e l f - i n t e r e s t e d r e a s o n s for r e m a i n i n g t r u e t o t h e f r i e n d ; as P a t r i c k S k e h a n a n d A l e x a n d e r A .
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