
The Letter of James
Worship to Live By
John Paul Heil(Author)
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published on 1. April 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
238 pages
978-1-61097-601-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book proposes a new and comprehensive chiastic structure as well as a new unifying theme for the Letter of James. In accord with this structure that organizes its oral performance, the words "worship to live by" express what the letter as a whole is exhorting its audience to adopt. "Worship" includes not only liturgical worship but also the ethical behavior that complements it, so that the result is a holistic way of worshiping God. And the words "to live by" embrace the worshipful conduct by which to live out presently one's birth to a new life as a believer before the final coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, with a view to the future eternal life to be granted at the last judgment as the outcome of such worship. In short, the Letter of James urges its audience to practice the worship to live by now in order to live eternally.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Eugene
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
393 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61097-601-5 (9781610976015)
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Person
John Paul Heil is Professor of New Testament at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. He is the author most recently of The Book of Revelation: Worship for Life in the Spirit of Prophecy (Cascade 2014).