Commentary on the Greek Text of the Epistle of James by F J A Hort

Today’s free book is Fenton John Anthony Hort’s commentary on the greek text of the epistle of James. This public domain work was provided for digitisation by Spurgeon’s College library.

Fenton John Anthony Hort [1828–1892], The Epistle of James. The Greek Text with Introduction, Commentary as Far as Chapter IV, Verse 7, and Additional Notes. London: MacMillan and Co., 1909. Hbk. pp.119. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Introduction
  • Value of the Epistle
  • Authorship
  • The Readers
  • Circumstances and Date
  • Reception
  • Purpose and Contents
  • Style
• Addtional Notes
  • On “Brother” improperly used
  • On τῆϛ δόξηϛ
  • On ὕλην
  • On τὸν τροχὸν τῆϛ γενέσωϛ
  • On ἐσπαταλήσατε
  • Peculiarities of vocabulary in the Codex Corbeiensis of St James

Main image: The first page of James in Minuscule 319, a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament. Source: Wikipedia.