Table of Contents

Forword to Hermeneia

Foreword to the 7th German Edition

Foreword to the 11th German Edition

Reference Codes

Editor's Note

Introdution

The Letter To James

Prescript

A Series of Sayings Concerning Temptations

A Series of Sayings About Hearing and Doing

A Treatise on Particality

A Treatise on Faith and Works

A Treatise on the Tongue

A Group of Sayings Aginst Contentiousness

A Group of Sayings Against Worldly-Minded Merchants and Rich People

A Series of Sayings on Various Themes

Bibliography

Indices

About the Author

Martin Dibelius (1883-1947) was Professor of New Testament at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and one of the most important biblical scholars of the twentieth century. Among his many publications in English are From Tradition to Gospel (1934), The Sermon on the Mount (1940), Paul (1953), and The Pastoral Epistles (Hermeneia; Fortress Press, 1972).

Helmut Koester is John H. Morison Research Professor of Divinity and Winn Research Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Chair of the New Testament Board of the Hermeneia commentary series. He is editor of numerous volumes in the Hermeneia series as well as Cities of Paul: Images and Interpretations from the Harvard New Testament and Archaeology Project on CD-ROM (2004, 978-0-8006-3673-9) and author of Paul and His World: Interpreting the New Testament in Its Context (2007, 978-0-8006-3890-0).