The Letter of James (Pillar New Testament Commentary) (Hardcover)

~ (Author), D. A. Carson (Preface) "what James teaches is traditional. What might seem to be a reference to James could simply be a reference to a widespread teaching that James..." (more)
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Douglas Moo's study of James is a contribution to the Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, a popular commentary designed to help the general reader understand clearly what the text actually says and what it means, without undue recourse to scholarly technicalities. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 271 pages
• Publisher: Apollos (Enk) (January 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0851119778
• ISBN-13: 978-0851119779
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,016,874 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite James Commentary, April 27, 2004

By	Jacob Hantla "hantla.com" (Chandler, AZ United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

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This review is from: The Letter of James (Pillar New Testament Commentary) (Hardcover)

This is my favorite commentary on James, and I have read many (see some of my other reviews). Moo has the most accessible, thorough, and easy-to-use commentary that I have read. This Pillar commentary is longer than the same author's commentary written for Tyndale's New Testament Commentary Series. You would do well to buy either one of these.

Moo works very hard to be exegetical. He hesitates--no, he refrains--from saying anything that he cannot demonstrate exegetically from the text. He humbly alerts the reader when his view is in the minority or contested and even humbly admits when his view is not the only defendable one (see, specifically James 4:5). To a degree matched by few, Moo not only seeks to technically (without belaboring issues so as to make them inaccessibly technical) defend his points exposing salient points of interest in the text, but he also is a carefully writes his sentences, not wasting words.

The student of the Letter of James would be amiss not to invest in the Pillar Commentary by Moo. For those who would like it a little shorter and a little easier to digest, his Tyndale Commentary on James will suffice as well. Two other James commentaries that I would highly recommend are Kistemaker's and MacArthur's.

43 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars don't be confused, September 11, 2003

By	Matthew Westerholm (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Letter of James (Pillar New Testament Commentary) (Hardcover)

Doug Moo has written two seperate commentaries on the book of James. One is for the Tyndale New Testment series, while the other is for the Pillar New Testament Commentary.

The Tyndale one is much simpler, shorter, and most accessable for the average layperson. The Pillar (a blue cover) has much more depth, including usage of the original greek.

Some of the reviewers below are talking about the TYNDALE commentary and not the PILLAR commentary.

Capiche?

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great commentary, August 3, 2001

By	Peter Richert (Round Rock, TX United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Letter of James (Pillar New Testament Commentary) (Hardcover)

This is the only commentary I have read on James, so I can't fairly compare it to others. But I can't imagine reading a more lucid, informed, intriguing, and just all around Godly understanding of what can be one of the most difficult books of the NT to understand. Moo handles each passage with clarity, being fair to different views and presenting his own conclusions. The book also has a well articulated introduction and discussion of time, place, and authorship.

I would have wished Moo had included Greek words in their original letters as well as their transliteration. I also wish he had interacted a bit more with the Greek text. Moo, however, was only staying true to the general format of the Pillar series, which assumes no previous Greek study on the part of the reader.

Both the hard cover as well as its dusk jacket are well manufactured and good looking. The pages are nice and the small size of the book makes it fairly easy to handle.

Overall, one of the best commentaries on any book that I have read.