Friendship and Benefaction in JamesEmploying social description and rhetorical analysis, this book examines the ideal of friendship within the rhetoric of the letter of James. It argues that the text appeals to the language and ideas of this ancient topos at three levels: between the author and his readers/hearers; among audience members; and between the audience and God. References and allusions to friendship strengthen the letter's overall argument as it advocates resistance to wealth, avoidance of rich patrons and reliance upon God, who is presented as a friend and benefactor. |
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Abraham Adul amic amicitia ancient antiquity argues argument Aristotle associated audience behaviour Ben Sira benefactor Biblical brother Cambridge Cicero Classical World client context Dibelius discussion E.J. Brill early Christian envy Epistle of James Ethics example exhortation exordium faith fictive kinship Fortress frank speech friend of God God's Greco-Roman Greek Hartin Harvard University Harvard University Press Heinemann Hellenistic honour human idea inscriptions Jakobusbrief James's Jewish John Johnson Kloppenborg language of friendship Leiden Letter of James literature London loyalty Luke moral Moreover notion of friendship one's paraenesis patron patronage and benefaction person Perspectives on Friendship Philo Philodemus Plutarch political poor provides Rahab refers relationship Rhet Rhetorica ad Herennium rhetorical rich Roman Sayings of Jesus Scholars Sira social Society soul speaker Stoics Studies Testament testing texts theme Theophrastus Thurén tion tradition trans true friend verse virtue Voice of Jesus Wachob Watson wealth wisdom word writers York