Palästina und seine Geschichte : Sechs volkstümliche Vorträge

von H. Freiherr von Sode

Books of the New Testament : contributions to early Christian literature /

Translated by Rev. J.R. Wilkinson and edited by Rev. W.D. Morrison.Mode of access: Internet

Sincerely James: Reconsidering Frederick Francis’s Proposed Health Wish Formula

This article interacts with Frederick Francis’s well-known suggestion that Jas 5 contains a health wish formula. Based on more recent findings of epistolography, this article argues that the references to healing in Jas 5 contrast sharply with the first-century CE health wish formula(s). In addition to current research on Hellenistic epistolography, this article offers three further pieces of evidence which suggest that the letter of James does not conclude with a health wish formula, but rather with a promise of restoration from spiritual sickness