The Catena to James: Reading the Letter of James in the Ancient Greek Commentary Tradition (Texts and Editions for New Testament Study, 17)

The Catena to James (compiled ca. 700 CE) collected excerpts from the best ancient Greek commentaries on the Letter of James. This translation and commentary make the whole Catena available for the first time in a modern language. ‎Contents 8 ‎Acknowledgments 12 ‎Abbreviations 13 ‎Introduction 14 ‎1. The Contribution of This Study 14 ‎1.2. Locating CatJas within Broader Catena Studies 14 ‎2. The Catena Genre and Associated Terminology 15 ‎2.1. Defining the Catena Genre 15 ‎2.2. The Value of Studying Catena Traditions 17 ‎2.3. Forms of the Catenae 17 ‎2.4. Ancient Terminology for the Catenae 19 ‎2.5. Further Terminology for Catena Study 19 ‎3. Historical Background of the Catena Genre in Ancient Jewish Literature? 21 ‎4. Historical Background of the Catena Genre in Hellenistic Education and Scholarship 22 ‎4.1. The Catena and the Hellenistic Educational System 22 ‎4.2. The Catena and Greco-Roman and Early Christian Use of Anthologies 23 ‎4.3. Commentaries, Marginal Comments, and the Catena Genre 24 ‎5. A Brief History of the Catenae 28 ‎5.1. Procopius of Gaza and the Origins of the Exegetical Catenae 28 ‎5.2. Catenae before Procopius? 31 ‎5.3. Dates of Other Catenae Traditions 32 ‎5.4. Palestinian and Constantinopolitan Catena Traditions 33 ‎5.5. Compilers of the Catenae 34 ‎5.6. Historical Changes in the Form of the Catenae 35 ‎5.7. Analyzing Catena Traditions 39 ‎5.8. Libraries and Catena Traditions 42 ‎6. The Inclusive Nature of the Catenae 46 ‎7. CatCE and Euthalian Traditions 49 ‎7.1. Euthalian Chapter Divisions and Titles in CatJas 50 ‎7.2. Other Introductory Material in the Euthalian Tradition 53 ‎7.3. Relationship of the Euthalian Materials and CatJas 54 ‎8. Manuscripts and Printed Editions of CatCE 54 ‎8.1. Main Manuscripts of CatCE 54 ‎8.2. Printed Editions 56 ‎8.3. Translations of CatCE 58 ‎9. Unattributed Sources of CatCE 59 ‎9.1. The Anonymous Commentary (AC) on the Catholic Epistles 59 ‎9.2. Staab’s Analysis of the AC 59 ‎9.3. The Textual Witnesses of the AC 60 ‎9.4. Profile of the AC 60 ‎9.5. The Relationship between the AC and CatJas 62 ‎9.6. The Glosses Source (GS) 68 ‎10. Patristic Sources of CatJas 70 ‎10.1. List of Patristic Sources for CatJas 70 ‎10.2. Patristic Authors Cited in CatCE outside of CatJas 70 ‎10.3. Old Testament Passages Used as Scholia 71 ‎10.4. Individual Patristic Authors Used in CatJas 71 ‎11. Date, Place, and Authorship: the Two Stages of CatJas’ Composition 104 ‎11.1. Date, Place, and Authorship in the Compilation of the AC Materials 105 ‎11.2. Date, Place, and Authorship of the Final Redaction of CatJas 106 ‎11.3. The Purpose of CatJas 108 ‎12. The Rhetorical Analysis of James in CatJas 116 ‎12.1. The Letter of James as a Didactic Letter 116 ‎12.2. The Analysis of Protreptic Speech in James 117 ‎12.3. The Analysis of Paraenetical Speech in James 118 ‎12.4. Further Examples of Rhetorical Analysis in CatJas 120 ‎12.5. Conclusions 120 ‎13. The Use of Patristic Sources in CatJas 121 ‎13.1. Types of Patristic Sources 121 ‎13.2. Techniques in the Use of Patristic Sources 121 ‎14. The Exegetical Approach of CatJas 122 ‎14.1. Synonyms or Short Explanatory Glosses 123 ‎14.2. Explanatory Paraphrase 123 ‎14.3. Analysis of Vocabulary and Linguistic Usage 123 ‎14.4. Reading the Letter of James in Its Historical Context 123 ‎14.5. Using Other Passages of Scripture to Elucidate the Meaning of a Scriptural Passage 124 ‎15. The Other Apostle: Paul’s Pervasive Presence in CatJas 125 ‎16. Selective Focus in CatJas 125 ‎Text and Translation 128 ‎Note to the Text and Translation 130 ‎Interpretation of the Catholic Epistles: The Letter of James 131 ‎Commentary 207 ‎Appendix 1. Overview of Scholia in CatJas Manuscripts 344 ‎Appendix 2. Sources of the CatJas Scholia 355 ‎Bibliography 359 ‎Index of Modern Authors 383 ‎Index of Scriptural References (in Christian Canonical Order) 386 ‎Old Testament 386 ‎New Testament 387 ‎Deuterocanonical Books 389 ‎Index of Ancient Jewish References 390 ‎Index of Ancient Christian References 391 ‎Index of Greco-Roman and Other Ancient References 398