야고보서 5:7-20에 대한 ‘담화 분석’ ─“고난을 견디어 내라! 하나님 그리고 이웃과의 관계성을 유지하면서!”─ (Be Patient While Maintaining Divine and Human Relationships: A Discourse Analysis of James 5:7-20)

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초록

The Letter of James needs to be understood as a whole instead of being read in a fragmentary way. For a long time, James has been treated as an anthology that retains little literary coherence or integrity in itself. Recently, however, New Testament scholars not only have pointed out problems on this matter but also effectively argued that James has literary integrity. By exploring rhetorical devices such as chiasmus, parallelism, and sound effects prevalent throughout the letter, the author demonstrates that James retains a clearly purposed but not deductively unfolded argumentation. In a macro approach to the Letter of James, it is argued that James moves the argument from the theme of endurance (introduction) where he emphasizes receiving the implanted word with meekness to be “perfect” to those of speaking and doing (2:1-3:12). Then he moves to a transitional and core section (3:13-4:10), focusing on wisdom from above and friendship with God. James implies that one can speak and act in a righteous way through receiving wisdom from above and having friendship with God. This transitional and core section becomes a solid foundation alongside another important inclusio (4:6-5:6) to advance the argument toward the end of the letter. Particularly, James 4:6 plays a significant role in foreshadowing the following themes: excoriating the rich (4:13-5:6) and exhorting the audience (5:7-20). In an extension of this interwoven but purposefully advanced discourse, James 5:7-20 appears as the concluding section of the letter. Employing a discourse analysis of the Letter of James, the author demonstrates that James 5:7-20 shows a clear purpose of the letter, which is of integrity as a discourse in itself and of considerable coherence with the preceding discourses. The author argues that in this concluding part of the letter, James exhorts the audience oppressed by “the rich” to be patient while keeping divine relationship with God and peaceful relationship with community members.

영어초록

The Letter of James needs to be understood as a whole instead of being read in a fragmentary way. For a long time, James has been treated as an anthology that retains little literary coherence or integrity in itself. Recently, however, New Testament scholars not only have pointed out problems on this matter but also effectively argued that James has literary integrity. By exploring rhetorical devices such as chiasmus, parallelism, and sound effects prevalent throughout the letter, the author demonstrates that James retains a clearly purposed but not deductively unfolded argumentation. In a macro approach to the Letter of James, it is argued that James moves the argument from the theme of endurance (introduction) where he emphasizes receiving the implanted word with meekness to be “perfect” to those of speaking and doing (2:1-3:12). Then he moves to a transitional and core section (3:13-4:10), focusing on wisdom from above and friendship with God. James implies that one can speak and act in a righteous way through receiving wisdom from above and having friendship with God. This transitional and core section becomes a solid foundation alongside another important inclusio (4:6-5:6) to advance the argument toward the end of the letter. Particularly, James 4:6 plays a significant role in foreshadowing the following themes: excoriating the rich (4:13-5:6) and exhorting the audience (5:7-20). In an extension of this interwoven but purposefully advanced discourse, James 5:7-20 appears as the concluding section of the letter. Employing a discourse analysis of the Letter of James, the author demonstrates that James 5:7-20 shows a clear purpose of the letter, which is of integrity as a discourse in itself and of considerable coherence with the preceding discourses. The author argues that in this concluding part of the letter, James exhorts the audience oppressed by “the rich” to be patient while keeping divine relationship with God and peaceful relationship with community members.

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