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Score	Author	Title	Series	Year
95.210012	Moo, Douglas J.	The Letter of James	PNTC	2000
83.81008	Davids, Peter	The Epistle of James	NIGTC	1982
81.21005	Moo, Douglas J.	James: An Introduction and Commentary	TNTC	2007
78.81005	Johnson, Luke Timothy	James	AB	1995
77.71005	Kamell, Mariam; Blomberg, Craig L.	James	ZEC	2008
77.61004	Martin, Ralph P.	James	WBC	1988
77.21005	Nystrom, David	James	NIVAC	1997
77.11003	Davids, Peter	James	NIBCNT	1989
76.81002	Kistemaker, Simon J.	James, Epistles of John, Peter, and Jude	HK	2002
76.41005	Motyer, J. Alec	The Message of James	BST	1985
76.21000	Richardson, Kurt A.	James	NAC	1997
75.91002	Manton, Thomas	James	GEN	1998
75.91003	Stulac, George M.	James	IVPNTC	1993
75.81004	Hartin, Patrick J.	James	SP	2003
75.61001	Baker, William R.; Ellsworth, Thomas D.	Preaching James	PCT	2004
75.31001	Perkins, Pheme	First and Second Peter, James, and Jude	INT	1995
75.31001	Holloway, Gary	James & Jude	CPNIV	1996
75.01001	Sleeper, C. Freeman	James	ANTC	1998
75.01001	Hartin, Patrick J.	James, First Peter, Jude, Second Peter	NCBS	2006
75.01001	Varner, William	James	EEC	2012
74.91002	Wall, Robert W.	Community of the Wise: The Letter of James		1997
74.11000	Hiebert, D. Edmond	James		2002
73.81000	McCartney, Dan G.	James	BECNT	2009
72.41001	Laws, Sophie	The Epistle of James	BNTC	1993
72.41001	Brosend, William F.	James & Jude	NCBC	2004
1000		James	PC	2012
1000	Gench, Frances Taylor	Hebrews and James	WeBC	1996
1000	Barclay, William	The Letters of James and Peter: The New Daily Study Bible	DSB	2003
1000	Moo, Douglas J.	James	EGGNT	2012
1000		James	ZIBBC	2002
1000	Varner, William	The Book of James - A New Perspective: A Linguistic Commentary Applying Discourse Analysis		2011
1000	Adam, A. K. M.	James: A Handbook on the Greek Text	BHGNT	2013
1000	Osborne, Grant	James	CBC	2011
1000	Sidebottom, E.M.	James, Jude and Peter	NCB	1980
1000	Church, Christopher	James	SH	2004
1000	Adamson, James B.	The Epistle of James	NICNT	1976
1000	Guthrie, George	James	REBC	2006
1000	Cedar, Paul A.	James, 1 & 2 Peter, Jude	TPC	2002
1000	Dibelius, Martin	James	HERM	1988
1000	Ropes, James H.	Epistle of St. 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	MacSG	2006
1000	Phillips, John	Exploring the Epistle of James	JP	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	SRC	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	Bray, Gerald	James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Jude	ACCS	2000
1000	Bauckham, Richard J.	Wisdom of James, Disciple of Jesus the Sage	NTR	1999
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	NIBCNT	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	12CBC	2004
1000	Ellsworth, Roger	James	OUB	2009
1000	Wiersbe, Warren W.	Be Mature (James): Growing Up in Christ	BE	2008
1000	McKnight, Scot	The Letter of James	NICNT	2011
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, Jeanne	James	NBBC	2011
1000	Lyons, George	Galatians	NBBC	2010

Forthcoming Commentaries

?	Platt, David; Chan, Francis	James
?	Reeder, Harry L.	James
?	Samra, Jim	James
2012	Painter, John	James
2012	Jimenez, Pablo	James
?	Kloppenborg, John S.	James
?	Allison, Dale C.	James
?	Baker, Bill	James
?	Green, Joel B.	James
?	Wachob, W. H.	James
?	George, Timothy	James
?	Rittgers, Ron	Hebrews, James
?	Van Dyk, Leanne	James

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