Title: Friendship and benefaction in James
Description: Employing social description, social scientific models, and rhetorical analysis, Alicia J. Batten argues that the letter of James is conversant with the topic of friendship within Greek and Roman literature, as well as within various texts of early Christianity. She illustrates how James drew upon some of the language and concepts related to friendship with an intriguing density to advocate resistance to wealth, avoidance of rich patrons, and reliance upon God. --
Subjects: Socio-rhetorical criticism, Bible, Patron and client, Christian sociology, Biblical Sociology, History, Friendship, Christianity, Religious aspects
Time periods: Early church, ca. 30-600