:: home :: Deo series :: Deo titles :: about Deo :: distribution :: contact     Deo titles by Alicia J. Batten   Alicia J. Batten  Friendship and Benefaction in James Employing 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. Alicia J. Batten is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Sudbury, a bilingual institution federated with Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Emory Studies in Early Christianity ISBN 978 1 905679 102 (ESEC, 15) 230pp. Pbk.  UK £22.95/ Europe £23.95/ ROW £25.95.    2010 Region UK £22.95Europe £23.95Outside Europe £25.95

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