Friendship and Benefaction in James

<p>Employing social description social scientific models and rhetorical analysis Alicia J. Batten argues that the letter of James is conversant with the topic of friendship within Greek and Roman literature as well as within various texts of early Christianity. She illustrates how James drew upon some of the language and concepts related to friendship with an intriguing density to advocate resistance to wealth avoidance of rich patrons and reliance upon God.</p>