in recent decades. Instead, what strikes me most in reading James today is how the author weaves together insights from the law (especially Leviticus 19), prophets (such as Amos and Isaiah), and wisdom (especially Ben Sira) into one powerful whole, offering his audience then and now a genre-defying piece of biblical interpretation. Is it perhaps a mistake to try and classify him? He does draw on Hellenistic rhetorical strategies, of course, but perhaps above all he seeks simply to interpret for his