Hermeneutics of the dialogue between James and Paul on faith, works and justification

Authors

  • Andrii Yatsyshyn PHEI "Ivano-Frankivsk Academy Ivana Zolotoustoho"

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52761/2522-1558.2019.14.4

Keywords:

faith, works of law, active faith, justification, rabbinical controversy

Abstract

The article presents a short intertextual analysis of Old Testament quotations and allusions in Jas 2: 14-26 and in Rom 4: 1-8. Has been demonstrated the intertextual connection between Jas 2 :14-26 and Rom 4: 1-8, taking into account the closer and distant contexts of both passages with application of approach of rabbinic controversy to the analysis of the text of Jas 2: 14-26. The hermeneutical approach has demonstrated two distinct starting points for Paul and James' argumentation, which ultimately lead to commune conclusion and point of arrival – faith in Christ is organically called to be active in the works of love and mercy.

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Published

2020-01-29

How to Cite

Яцишин, А. (2020). Hermeneutics of the dialogue between James and Paul on faith, works and justification. Good Parson: Scientific Bulletin of Ivano-Frankivsk Academy of John Chrysostom. Theology. Philosophy. History, (14), 50–66. https://doi.org/10.52761/2522-1558.2019.14.4

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