Title: A text-linguistic investigation into the discourse structure of James /
Authors: Taylor, Mark Edward.
Publisher: T & T Clark,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Bible. Criticism, Textual.
Contents: 1. Approaches to the structure of James -- James as an unstructured composition -- Demise of Dibelius's view -- James as a structured composition -- A mediating position: Richard Bauckham and Douglas Moo -- Summary of approaches to the structure of James -- 2. Methodology -- Roots of text-linguistics -- Text-linguistics and New Testament studies -- Major tenets of text-linguistics -- Guthrie's text-linguistic model -- 3. Cohesion shift analysis -- 4. The use of inclusio in James -- 5. Relationship between discourse units in James -- Lexical cohesion on the macro-level in James -- Summary of lexical cohesion across discourse units -- The author's use of transitions -- Relationship between discourse units in James -- Summary -- 6. The structure of James -- Is chapter 1 an epitome of the whole? -- The structure and argument of chapter 1 -- The letter body -- The conclusion of the letter -- Final conclusions.