The Astronomical Language of James 1:17 Revisited
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There is general agreement among scholars that παραλλαγὴ and τροπῆς ἀποσκίασμα in James 1:17 refer to astronomical phenomena, but little agreement as to the nature of these phenomena. The present article returns to the writings of the Greek astronomers to gain a scientifically precise understanding of these terms, and argues that astronomical terms such as these diffused from the academy into everyday Greek and Jewish life, and were both meaningful to James’s readers and useful for James’s argument.
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- Authors
- Shead, G. V., & Shead, A. G.
- Affiliations
- Moore College (AU)
- ORCID
- Shead, Andrew G.
- Venue
- Tyndale Bulletin
- Publisher
- Tyndale House
- Published
- 2026-10-07
- Volume
- 77
- ISSN
- 0082-7118 (ISSN-L)
- 2752-7042
- OpenAlex
- W7220868980
- Cited by
- 0
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Tyndale Bulletin (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Classical Studies and Philology
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Historical Astronomy and Related Studies
- Keywords
- Tropos, astronomical terminology, Greek astronomy, New Testament Greek vocabulary, Saint James the Apostle, New Testament exegesis
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