Jensens survey of the old testament adam 572
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16, 19, 22, 26; 2:1, 5, 8, 14,18,19, 21, 25;
3:1, 3, 56, 7, 9, 13; 4:1, 4, 11, 13; 5:1, 7, 13,
19.
4. Now read each paragraph and derive a
paragraph title from each.
5. Observe in the epistle every reference
to each of the subjects listed below.
a.
references to God, Jesus, Lord
b.
b. use of questions
c.
c. speci c references
Testament
d.
d.
to
the
Old
gurative language (e.g., “vapor,”
4:14)
6. What are your new observations and
impressions?
C. OBSERVING THE STRUCTURE OF THE
EPISTLE
Review the paragraph titles you made
earlier. Read the epistle again and identify
groups of paragraphs according to common
subject. (These groups are called segments.)
For example, what paragraphs speak about
the common subject of the tongue (speech)?
This might be the most di cult part of your
study in James because this epistle is not a
formal treatise as such, but a series of
exhortations written in a pattern whose
order is not apparent, for the most part.
Take on the challenge of nding an outline,
as obscure as one may appear. That is how
discoveries are often born. An example of
this is the testimony of J. Albrecht Bengel
concerning his study of the maxims of
Proverbs: “I have often been in such an
attitude of soul, that those chapters in the
Book of Proverbs in which I had before
looked for no connection whatever,
presented themselves to me as if the
proverbs belonged in the most beautiful
order one with another.”14 It may be added
here that any time spent in search of
structure of a book of the Bible is not lost
time, for its fruits keep reappearing in the
later stages of analytical study.
The next logical step in determining the
structure of a book is to identify sections,
which are groups of segments, followed by
the identi cation of divisions, which are
groups of sections.
CHART 107: VARIOUS OUTLINES OF JAMES
Three outlines by di erent authors are
shown on Chart 107 as examples of various
ways in which the structure of James has
been outlined.15 Compare these also with
the outlines of Chart 108.
What would you identify as the
introduction and conclusion of James, if
they are present? Do you observe any
turning point or climax in the epistle?
D. SURVEY CHART
Study carefully the survey, Chart 108, and
