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American Old Testament scholar
James Luther Mays |
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Born | (1921-07-14)July 14, 1921
Louisville, Georgia |
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Died | October 29, 2015(2015-10-29) (aged 94) |
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Nationality | American |
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Occupation |
Old Testament scholar |
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Title | Cyrus McCormick Professor of Hebrew and the Old Testament Emeritus at
Union Presbyterian Seminary, Virginia |
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Spouse | Mary Will (nee Boyd) |
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Children | two daughters |
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Education | University of Manchester |
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Doctoral advisor | H. H. Rowley |
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Discipline | Biblical studies |
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Sub-discipline | Old Testament studies |
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Notable works |
Psalms,
Hosea,
Amos, and
Micah |
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James Luther Mays (July 14, 1921 – October 29, 2015) was an American
Old Testament scholar. He was Cyrus McCormick Professor of Hebrew and the Old Testament Emeritus at
Union Presbyterian Seminary, Virginia.
[1] He served as president of the
Society of Biblical Literature in 1986.
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Mays wrote commentaries on
Psalms,
Hosea,
Amos, and
Micah. He was formerly editor of
Interpretation.
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In 1986, a
Festschrift was published in his honor, called The Hermeneutical Quest: Essays in Honor of James Luther Mays on His Sixty-fifth Birthday. It included contributions from
Elizabeth Achtemeier,
James Barr,
Brevard Childs,
Patrick D. Miller,
James A. Sanders, and
Claus Westermann.
Works
Books
- Mays, James Luther (1960). Exegesis as a theological discipline. Richmond, VA: Union Theological Seminary.
OCLC
13948482.
- ——— (1963). Leviticus, Numbers. Layman's Bible book commentary. Vol. 4. London: SCM Press.
OCLC
70423288.
- ——— (1969).
Amos: a commentary. London: SCM Press.
ISBN
9780334000396.
OCLC
716616834.
- ——— (1976).
Micah : a commentary. Old Testament library. Philadelphia, PA: Westminster Press.
ISBN
9780664208172.
OCLC
2020740.
- ——— (1978). Ezekiel, Second Isaiah. Proclamation commentaries. Philadelphia, PA: Fortress.
ISBN
9780800605926.
OCLC
3609030.
- ——— (1985). Interpreting the prophets. Philadelphia, PA: Fortress.
ISBN
9780800619329.
OCLC
917385441.
- ——— (1981).
Interpreting the gospels. Philadelphia, PA: Fortress.
ISBN
9780800614393.
OCLC
869057632.
- ———;
Blenkinsopp, Joseph, eds. (1988).
Harper's Bible Commentary. San Francisco & Cambridge: Harper & Row.
ISBN
9780060655419.
OCLC
715645920.
- ——— (1994). The Lord reigns: a theological handbook to the Psalms. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press.
ISBN
9780664255589.
OCLC
30109597.
- ———;
Petersen, David L.;
Richards, Kent Harold, eds. (1995). Old Testament interpretation: past, present, and future: essays in honor of Gene M. Tucker. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press.
ISBN
9780687138715.
OCLC
1021306503.
- ——— (2006). Preaching and teaching the Psalms. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press.
ISBN
9780664230418.
OCLC
62085497.
- ——— (2011). Psalms. Interpretation, a Bible commentary for teaching and preaching. Louisville: John Knox Press.
ISBN
9780664234393.
OCLC
820555500.
Festschriften
Notes
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