BOOK OF JAMES BACKGROUND SERIES

It is not by chance that the Demons вЂ“ the main cause of evil for James вЂ“ really appear in these verses.

Relationship between вЂњfaithвЂќ and вЂњworksвЂќ (2:14-26), an issue usually linked only with Pauline thought. The relevance of evil, therefore, could concern one of the most striking conundrum of the Epistle: the This divisions originate from a faith disposed to partiality (2:1) and from the very attitude of the recipients, В«ОєПЃО№П„О±бЅ¶ ОґО№О±О»ОїОіО№ПѓОјбї¶ОЅ ПЂОїОЅО·ПЃбї¶ОЅВ» (2:4). Moreover, this dualism could explain both the bad use of the word вЂ“ В«ОєО±П„О¬ПѓП„О±П„ОїОЅ ОєО±ОєПЊОЅВ» (3:8) and, at the same time, a source of blessing (3:9) вЂ“ and the serious social and economic conflicts that split the community James, for example, wants to exonerate God from the charge of having provoked the ПЂОµО№ПЃО±ПѓОјПЊП‚ that afflicts the faithful one (1:2.12): God, in fact, В«ПЂОµОЇПЃО±ПѓП„ПЊП‚ бјђПѓП„О№ОЅ ОєО±Оєбї¶ОЅВ» (1:13). The dualism of the Epistle seems to be deeply influenced by Second Temple apocalypticism and it plays an important role to highlight the subject of this research.

This proposal aims to reconstruct the impact of evil on manвЂ™s faith in the Epistle of James, starting from the analysis of the broad вЂњsemantic fieldвЂќ about this matter and the well-known relationship between вЂњfaithвЂќ and вЂњworkвЂќ traceable within the text. Anche la promessa formulata in Gc 1,12, di conseguenza, pare manifestare sfumature squisitamente apocalittiche. CosГ¬, il cenno alla вЂњseconda morteвЂќ di Ap 2,11 rinvia necessariamente al giudizio di condanna che segue la decisiva battaglia degli eschata (la вЂњseconda morteвЂќ di Ap 20,14). Tali peculiaritГ rimandano a Gc 1,2-4 (dove lвЂ™бЅ‘ПЂОїОјОїОЅО® del ПЂОµО№ПЃО±ПѓОјПЊП‚ sembra caricarsi di coloriture escatologiche), ma anche a Gc 2,5 (dove вЂ“ con lo stesso costrutto di Gc 1,12 вЂ“ agli В«бјЂОіО±ПЂбї¶ПѓО№ОЅВ» di Dio, i poveri, ГЁ assicurato il Regno) e a Gc 5,11 (qui la beatitudine finale, delineata mediante il ricorso al modello di Giobbe, ГЁ riservata a colui che ГЁ in grado di sostenere la prova).Д¬he la вЂњcorona della vitaвЂќ di Gc 1,12 sia in realtГ una metafora escatologica impiegata per designare il Regno puГІ essere confermato, oltre che da questo intreccio testuale, anche da un confronto con Ap 2,10: in questo versetto, infatti, compare la medesima espressione вЂ“ В«ПѓП„ОП†О±ОЅОїОЅ П„бї†П‚ О¶П‰бї†П‚В» вЂ“ nel contesto della ОёО»бї–П€О№П‚ cui ГЁ sottoposta la comunitГ di Smirne. Se, da una parte, i presupposti necessari per conquistare lo В«ПѓП„ОП†О±ОЅОїОЅ П„бї†П‚ О¶П‰бї†П‚В» sono la sopportazione del ПЂОµО№ПЃО±ПѓОјПЊП‚ e lвЂ™бјЂОіО¬ПЂО· per Dio, dallвЂ™altra questo premio futuro ГЁ annunciato da un macarismo. Tra le immagini che meglio illustrano il marcato tenore escatologico della lettera spicca quella della вЂњcorona della vitaвЂќ, cosГ¬ come elaborata in Gc 1,12. Nella Lettera di Giacomo si possono rintracciare molteplici richiami al destino dellвЂ™uomo: il redattore li rivolge sia alle comunitГ dei seguaci di GesГ№ alle quali ГЁ indirizzato lo scritto (ad es., Gc 3,1 5,7-9), sia ai loro avversari (ad es., Gc 1,10-11 5,3.5). The painting of James the brother of Jesus in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem includes James the Great.

BOOK OF JAMES BACKGROUND SERIES

The portrait of James on the northern wall of the sanctuary, in a series of paintings of all the Jerusalem patriarchs, shows an older, white-haired James sitting on the episcopal throne but with no crozier or mitre. James Cathedral in Jerusalem depicts James, the first patriarch of Jerusalem, sitting on his episcopal chair of the Armenian Orthodox Patriarchate, wearing bishop's robes and a mitre, and holding a crozier. The painting of James adjacent to the episcopal chair in Sts. Most Russian Orthodox icons, e.g., depict James in his episcopal robes. Most often, however, James can be identified by iconographical elements. Images of James the brother of Jesus are often strikingly similar to images of Jesus (e.g., James Tissot, Saint James the Less, 1886-94, Brooklyn Museum). Some images also assume that James was the son of Joseph by a previous marriage, such as depicting James as leading the donkey on which a pregnant Mary rides from Nazareth to Bethlehem or as present on the later flight to Egypt. Most images of James the Less, e.g., identify him with James the brother of Jesus. Visual Arts Analyses of images of James the brother of Jesus are complicated by the differing views about his identity and familial relationship to Jesus (e.g., the Helvidian, Hieronymian, and Epiphanian theories). Edited by Dale Allison, Jr., Christine Helmer, Choon-Leong Seow, et al.

Entry for вЂњJames the Brother of Jesus in Visual Art,вЂќ in The Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, Volume 13.

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