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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. He served as president of the Society of Biblical Literature in 1986. Mays wrote commentaries on Psalms, Hosea, Amos, and Micah.
James Luther Mays, 1921 2015J. mes Luther Mays, 1921–2015Numerous colleagues, students and friends in the Society of Biblical Literature and the church mourn the loss of James L. Mays, who died on October 29, 201. , at the age of ninety-four. He was the Cyrus McCormick Professor Emeritus of Hebrew and Old Testament and President of the ...
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James Luther Mays is a theologian and educator who has written and edited numerous books and commentaries on writings in the Bible. Mays is the general editor of The HarperCollins Bible Commentary. The book covers the entire Hebrew Bible, the New Testament , and the books of the Apocrypha.
Mar 23, 2021 · 1046640942. xi, 457 pages ; 24 cm. The Psalms have a double identity. They are scripture and liturgy. They compose a book of the Bible and are found in our hymnals and books of worship and prayer. When we think of them in historical perspective, another identity emerges. They are the liturgical poetry of ancient Israel, texts with a history of ...
Mar 10, 2021 · Mays, James Luther. Publication date 1969 Topics Bible. Amos -- Commentaries Publisher Philadelphia, Westminster Press Collection claremont_school_of_theology ...
Apr 1, 1994 · James Luther Mays is Cyrus M. McCormick Professor Emeritus of Hebrew and Old Testament Interpretation at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. He was the general editor of the best-selling Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching series, and is author of many books, including Psalms in the Interpretation series ...
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Jan 1, 2006 · Preaching and Teaching the Psalms. James Luther Mays. Westminster John Knox Press, Jan 1, 2006 - Religion - 189 pages. Renowned and beloved Psalms scholar James Luther Mays shares in this book some of his most influential ideas about the Psalms and shows the reader how this rich Old Testament poetry can be taught and preached in the church.
