Dale C. Allison Jr. is Errett M. Grable Professor of New Testament Exegesis and Early Christianity, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and is the author of The Intertextual Jesus and, with the late W.D. Davies, the ICC volumes on Matthew.

The appearance of the second ICC commentary on James, almost 100 years after the publication in 1916 of the first by James Hardy Ropes is an event worthy of comment ... Allison has certainly ... given ample expression to the multiple skills a successful commentator requires, whether philological, historical, or interpretative, all of which built upon a range of knowledge and a sensitivity to the wider religious setting.

• PrefaceLiteratureIntroductionCommentary1. Salutation and Address (1.1)2. The Outcome of Trial (1.2-4)3. Wisdom, Faith, Doubt (1.5-8)4. The Contrary Futures of Poor and Rich (1.9-11)5. Temptation and God (1.12-15)6. The Goodness of God (1.16-18)7. Quick to Hear, Slow to Speak, Slow to Anger (1.19-21)8. Hearing and Doing (1.22-25)9. Pure Religion (1.26-27)10. Partiality Condemned (2.1-13)11. Faith Without Works (2.14-26)12. The Sins of Speech (3.1-12)13. Wisdom, Humility, Peace (3.13-18)14. Friendship with the World Versus Friendship with God (4.1-12)15. Denunciations of the Prosperous (4.13-5.6)16. The New End and Patient Endurance (5.7-11)17. Prohibition of Oaths (5.12)18. Prayer, Healing, Restoration (5.13-20)