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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
“a real epistle of straw”
Scopus of this Book
1 The Pastoral Beginnings of James in the Lutheran Church
Althamer’s 1527 Annotations: “The best we could do with the Epistle of James.”
Althamer’s 1533 Commentary on James: A Representative of Wittenberg’s Pastoral Exegesis
Althamer’s Exegesis of James 1:1–15
Althamer’s Translation and Exegesis of James 1:16–27 and Their Influence
Chapter Summary and Outlook
2 Luther’s Pastoral Exegesis of James
First-century Palestine and Sixteenth-century Germany
The Ecclesial Setting of the Sermons
Luther’s James: The Reformer’s Isagogical Reflections on the Text
An Analysis of Luther’s Sermons on James 1:16–27 (1535–1539)
James 1:17–18: A Christological Hermeneutic
James 1:17: Worldly Pleasures Below or the Good and Perfect Gifts from Above?
James 1:18: Word of Truth, First Fruits, and the Restoration of the Imago Dei
The Biblical Constellation of James 1:21, Romans 1:16, and Luke 8:4–15
James 1:22: Being a Doer of the Word
James 1:23–24: The Law of Liberty and Its Reflection
Summary of Luther’s Preaching on James
3 James 1:16–27 in the Lutheran Postil Tradition from Anton Corvin to Simon Pauli
Introduction to the Lutheran Postils
The Postil Imperative
A New Wave of Lutheran Postils
Simon Pauli’s Apology for the Loci Method
Anton Corvin (1501–1553)
Cantate: James 1:16–21
Rogate: James 1:22–27
Johann Spangenberg (1484–1550)
Luther’s Preface to Spangenberg’s Postils
Cantate: James 1:16–21
Rogate: James 1:22–27
Lucas Lossius (1508–1582)
Cantate: James 1:16–27
Rogate: James 1:22–27
David Chytraeus (1530–1600)
Cantate: James 1:16–27
Rogate: James 1:22–27
Simon Pauli (1531–1591)
Cantate: James 1:13–21
Rogate: James 1:22–27
Chapter Summary
4 James 1:16–27 from Simon Musaeus to Lutheran Orthodox Preaching
Simon Musaeus (1521–1576)
Cantate: James 1:16–21
Rogate: James 1:22–27
Siegfried Sack (1527–1596)
Cantate: James 1:16–21
Rogate: James 1:22–27
James in the Age of Lutheran Orthodoxy
Preaching James in the Seventeenth Century
Balthasar Kerner (1582–1633)
Hartmann Creide (1606–1656)
Concluding Remarks
Summary Theses
Appendix: Annotated English Translations of Luther’s Five Sermons on James (1535–1539)
Cantate Sunday: A Sermon by Dr. Martin Luther on James 1:16–21 (14 May 1536)
Cantate Sunday: A Sermon on James 1:16–21 by Dr. Martin Luther (29 April 1537)
Cantate Sunday: A Sermon on James 1:16–21 by Dr. Martin Luther (4 May 1539)
Rogate Sunday: A Sermon on James 1:21–27 by Dr. Martin Luther (2 May 1535)
Rogate Sunday: A Sermon on James 1:21–27 by Dr. Martin Luther (11 May 1539)
Bibliography
Abbreviated Sources
Primary Sources
Secondary Literature
Index of Persons
Index of Subjects
Biblical Citations
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