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Score	Author	Title	Series	Year
94.010017	Moo, Douglas J.	The Letter of James	PNTC	2000
83.110011	Davids, Peter	The Epistle of James	NIGTC	1982
79.91005	Moo, Douglas J.	James: An Introduction and Commentary	TNTC	2007
78.81009	Johnson, Luke Timothy	The Letter of James	AYB	2005
77.41007	Kovalishyn, Mariam Kamell; Blomberg, Craig L.	James	ZECNT	2008
77.41006	Martin, Ralph P.	James	WBC	1988
75.81007	Motyer, J. Alec	The Message of James	BST	1985
75.61004	Davids, Peter	James	UBNT	1989
75.51005	Nystrom, David	James	NIVAC	1997
75.21002	Kistemaker, Simon J.	James, Epistles of John, Peter, and Jude	HK	2002
74.91002	McKnight, Scot	The Letter of James	NICNT	2011
74.41002	Manton, Thomas	James	GEN	1998
74.41001	McCartney, Dan G.	James	BECNT	2009
74.31005	Hartin, Patrick J.	James	SP	2003
74.11001	Perkins, Pheme	First and Second Peter, James, and Jude	INT	1995
73.91004	Stulac, George M.	James	IVPNTC	1993
73.81001	Baker, William R.; Ellsworth, Thomas D.	Preaching James	PCT	2004
73.81002	Allison Jr., Dale C.	James	ICC	2013
73.81002	Vlachos, Chris	James	EGGNT	2012
73.61000	Richardson, Kurt A.	James	NAC	1997
73.61002	Laws, Sophie	The Epistle of James	BNTC	1993
73.61001	Holloway, Gary	James & Jude	CPNIV	1996
73.61001	Hartin, Patrick J.	James, First Peter, Jude, Second Peter	NCBS	2006
73.61002	Sleeper, C. Freeman	James	ANTC	1998
73.21002	Wall, Robert W.	Community of the Wise: The Letter of James		1997
72.31001	Wiersbe, Warren W.	Be Mature (James): Growing Up in Christ	BE	2008
71.51003	Varner, William	James	EEC	2012
71.21000	Jobes, Karen H.	Letters to the Church: A Survey of Hebrews and the General Epistles		2011
71.21000	Hiebert, D. Edmond	James		2002
71.01000	Gench, Frances Taylor	Hebrews and James	WeBC	1996
71.01001	Brosend, William F.	James & Jude	NCBC	2004
70.71000	Spencer, Aida Besancon	A Commentary on James	KEL	2020
1000	Crowe, Brandon D.	James	EEC
1000	Moore, Phil	Straight to the Heart of Hebrews and James: 60 bite-sized insights	SttHS	2015
1000	Moo, Douglas J.	James: An Introduction and Commentary	TNTC	2015
1000	Crowe, Brandon D.	The Message of the General Epistles in the History of Redemption: Wisdom from James, Peter, John, and Jude		2015
1000	Vaughan, Curtis	James	FSGC	2005
1000	Runge, Steven E.	James: A Visual and Textual Guide	HDC	2015
1000	Plummer, Robert L.	James		2018
1000	Cheung, Luke L.; Spurgeon, Andrew B.	James	ABC	2018
1000	Barcley, William B.	The Letters of James and Peter: The New Daily Study Bible	DSB	2003
1000	Adamson, James B.	The Epistle of James	NICNT	1976
1000	Sidebottom, E.M.	James, Jude and Peter	NCB	1980
1000	Church, Christopher	James	SHBC	2004
1000	Osborne, Grant R.	James	CBC	2011
1000	Adam, A. K. M.	James: A Handbook on the Greek Text	BHGNT	2013
1000		James	ZIBBC	2002
1000	Akin, Daniel L.	Exalting Jesus In James	CCE	2014
1000	Varner, William	The Book of James - A New Perspective: A Linguistic Commentary Applying Discourse Analysis		2011
1000	Gowler, David B.	James Through the Centuries	BBC	2013
1000	Isaacs, Marie E.	Reading Hebrews & James: A Literary and Theological Commentary	RtNT	2013
1000		James	LBC	2013
1000	Mills, Watson E.; Wilson, Richard F.	General Epistles and Revelation: Volume 8	MCB	2000
1000	Wright, N. T.	Early Christian Letters for Everyone: James, Peter, John and Judah	NTE	2011
1000	Barton, Bruce B.; Veerman, David R.	James	LABC	1992
1000	Friedman, David; Friedman, B. D.	James the Just, Ya’akov Hatzaddik, Presents Applications of Torah	aMC	2012
1000	Allberry, Sam	James For You: Showing you how real faith looks in real life	GWFY	2015
1000	Mitch, Curtis; Hahn, Scott	The Letters of St. James, St. Peter and St. Jude: Commentary, Notes and Study Questions	ICSB	2013
1000		James	PC	2012
1000	Macleod, F. Wayne	James and 1 & 2 Peter: Principles for Victorious Living as Strangers in a Sinful World	LMP	2005
1000		Theology of Work Bible Commentary: Volume 5: Romans through Revelation	ToWBC	2015
1000		James
1000	Armstrong, Clinton J.	General Epistles: James, 1& 2 Peter, 1, 2, & 3 John, Jude	RHBC	2014
1000	Jeske, Mark	General Epistles	PBC	2006
1000	Marshall, I. Howard; Travis, Stephen H.; Paul, Ian	Exploring the New Testament. Volume 2, The Letters and Revelation		2011
1000	Marshall, I. Howard; Travis, Stephen H.; Paul, Ian	Exploring the New Testament: Letters and Revelation v. 2		2002
1000	Guthrie, George H.	James	REBC	2006
1000	Cedar, Paul A.	James, 1 & 2 Peter, Jude	TPC	2002
1000	Dibelius, Martin	James	HERM	1988
1000	Ropes, James H.	James	ICC	1916
1000	Manton, Thomas	James	CCC	1995
1000	Burdick, Donald W.	James	EBC	1982
1000	Prime, Derek	James	FB	1995
1000	Doriani, Daniel M.	James	REC	2007
1000	Holbert, John C.	Preaching Job	PCT	1999
1000	Lea, Thomas D.	Hebrews & James	HNTC	1999
1000	Hughes, R. Kent	James: Faith That Works	PtW	1991
1000	MacArthur, John	James: Guidelines for a Happy Christian Life	MacSG	2006
1000	Phillips, John	Exploring the Epistle of James	JPCS	2003
1000	Keddie, Gordon J.	The Practical Christian, The message of James	WCS	1993
1000	Walters, J. Michael	James: A Bible Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition	WesBC	1998
1000	Carter, Charles W.; Thompson, R. Duane; Ball, Charles S.; Cox, Leo G.; Blaney, Harvey J. S.	Hebrews–Revelation (Vol. 6)	WesBC	1966
1000	Witherington III, Ben	Letters and Homilies for Jewish Christians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on Hebrews, James and Jude	LHHJC	2007
1000	Ironside, H. A.	James and 1 and 2 Peter	IronBC	2008
1000	Harper, A. F.	James	BBC	1967
1000	William, Raymond Brady	Letters of John and James	CBCNT	1965
1000	Blue, J. Ronald	James		1983
1000	Hodges, Zane C.	The Epistle of James: Proven Character Through Testing		1994
1000	Cheung, Luke L.; Bauckham, Richard J.	The Genre, Composition, and Hermeneutics of the Epistle of James		2007
1000	Mayor, Joseph B.	The Epistle of St. James: The Greek Text, With Introduction Notes and Comments		1892
1000	Ross, Alexander	The Epistles of James and John	UBNT	1967
1000	Greenlee, J. Harold	An Exegetical Summary of James	SILES	1993
1000	Baker, William R.	The Books of James & First and Second Peter: Faith, Suffering, and Knowledge	21CBC	2004
1000	Ellsworth, Roger	Opening up James	OUB	2009
1000	Bauckham, Richard J.	James	NTR	1999
1000	Bray, Gerald L.	James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Jude	ACCS	2000
1000	Morgan, Christopher W.; Ellenburg, B. Dale	James: Wisdom for the Community	FB	2008
1000	Johnson, Luke Timothy	James	NIB	1998
1000	Loh, I-Jin; Hatton, Howard	A Handbook on the Letter from James	UBS	1997
1000	Townsend, Michael J.	Epistle of James	ECS	1994
1000	Martin, Ralph P.; Elliott, John Huxtable	James, 1-2 Peter, Jude	ACNT	1982
1000	Mayor, Joseph B.	The Epistle of St. James		1913
1000	Lange, John Peter; Van Oosterzee, J. J.	The Epistle General of James: An Exegetical and Doctrinal Commentary	LCHS	2007
1000	Doerkson, Vernon	James	EvBC	2001
1000	Lenski, Richard C. H.	The Interpretation of the Epistle to the Hebrews and the Epistle of James	LCNT	2008
1000	Fruchtenbaum, Arnold G.	The Messianic Jewish Epistles: Hebrews, James, First Peter, Second Peter, Jude	ABCS	2004
1000	Serrão, C. Jeanne Orjala	James: A Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition	NBBC	2011
1000	Lyons, George	Galatians: A Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition	NBBC	2010

Forthcoming Commentaries

?	Baker, Bill	James
?	Green, Joel B.	James
?	Wachob, Wesley Hiram	James
?	Kovalishyn, Mariam Kamell	James
2021	Moo, Douglas J.	The Letter of James
?	George, Timothy	James
2012	Painter, John	James
?	Jimenez, Pablo	James
?	Kloppenborg, John S.	James
?	Kloppenborg, John S.	James
?	Reeder, Harry L.	James
?	Dickson, John	James
2017	Anderson, Kelly	James
2016	Samra, James G.	James
?		Let's Study James
?	Chapman, David	James
?	McDonough, Sean M.; Arthurs, Jeffrey D.	James: A Commentary for Biblical Preaching and Teaching
2021		James
?	Rittgers, Ron	Hebrews, James
?	Van Dyk, Leanne	James

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