James Luther Mays Explained

James Luther Mays
Birth Date:	July 14, 1921
Birth Place:	Louisville, Georgia
Nationality:	American
Occupation:	Old Testament scholar
Cyrus McCormick Professor of Hebrew and the Old Testament Emeritus at Union Presbyterian Seminary, Virginia
Spouse:	Mary Will (nee Boyd)
Children:	two daughters
Education:	University of Manchester
Doctoral Advisor:	H. H. Rowley
Discipline:	Biblical studies
Sub Discipline:	Old Testament studies
Notable Works:	Psalms, Hosea, Amos, and Micah

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.^[1] He served as president of the Society of Biblical Literature in 1986.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Mays wrote commentaries on Psalms, Hosea, Amos, and Micah. He was formerly editor of Interpretation.^[5]

In 1986, a Festschrift was published in his honor, called The Hermeneutical Quest: Essays in Honor of James Luther Mays on His Sixty-fifth Birthday. It included contributions from Elizabeth Achtemeier, James Barr, Brevard Childs, Patrick D. Miller, James A. Sanders, and Claus Westermann.

Works

Books

• Book: Mays . James Luther . Exegesis as a theological discipline . Richmond, VA . Union Theological Seminary . 1960 . 13948482 .
• Book: Mays . James Luther . 3 . Leviticus, Numbers . Layman's Bible book commentary . 4 . London . SCM Press . 1963 . 70423288 .
• Book: Mays . James Luther . 3 . Amos: a commentary . London . SCM Press . 1969 . 9780334000396 . 716616834 . registration .
• Book: Mays . James Luther . 3 . Micah : a commentary . Old Testament library . Philadelphia, PA . Westminster Press . 1976 . 9780664208172 . 2020740 . registration .
• Book: Mays . James Luther . 3 . Ezekiel, Second Isaiah . Proclamation commentaries . Philadelphia, PA . Fortress . 1978 . 9780800605926 . 3609030 .
• Book: Mays . James Luther . 3 . Interpreting the prophets . Philadelphia, PA . Fortress . 1985 . 9780800619329 . 917385441 .
• Book: Mays . James Luther . 3 . Interpreting the gospels . registration . Philadelphia, PA . Fortress . 1981 . 9780800614393 . 869057632 .
• Book: Mays . James Luther . 3 . Blenkinsopp . Joseph . Joseph Blenkinsopp . Harper's Bible Commentary . registration . San Francisco & Cambridge . Harper & Row . 1988 . 9780060655419 . 715645920 .
• Book: Mays . James Luther . 3 . The Lord reigns: a theological handbook to the Psalms . Louisville, KY . Westminster John Knox Press . 1994 . 9780664255589 . 30109597 .
• Book: Mays . James Luther . 3 . Petersen . David L. . David L. Petersen . Richards . Kent Harold . Kent Harold Richards . Old Testament interpretation: past, present, and future: essays in honor of Gene M. Tucker . Nashville, TN . Abingdon Press . 1995 . 9780687138715 . 1021306503 .
• Book: Mays . James Luther . 3 . Preaching and teaching the Psalms . Louisville, KY . Westminster John Knox Press . 2006 . 9780664230418 . 62085497 .
• Book: Mays . James Luther . 3 . Psalms . Interpretation, a Bible commentary for teaching and preaching . Louisville . John Knox Press . 2011 . 9780664234393 . 820555500 .

Festschriften

• Book: Miller . Donald G. . The Hermeneutical Quest: Essays in Honor of James Luther Mays on His Sixty-fifth Birthday . Princeton theological monograph series . 4 . Allison Park, PA . Pickwick Publications . 1986 . 9780915138869 . 13124684 . registration .

References

• Web site: Petersen . David L. . David L. Petersen . Richards . Kent H. . Kent H. Richards . Tucker . Gene M. . Gene M. Tucker . James Luther Mays, 1921–2015 . sbl-site.org. 2015 . Mar 29, 2018.

Notes and References

1. Web site: James L. Mays. HarperCollins. 31 October 2015.
2. Web site: SBL Presidents. Society of Biblical Literature. 31 October 2015.
3. News: Mays, James. 13 January 2016. Richmond Times-Dispatch. 8 November 2015.
4. Book: Donald G. Miller. The Hermeneutical Quest: Essays in Honor of James Luther Mays on His Sixty-fifth Birthday. January 1, 1986. Pickwick Publications. 0915138867. registration.
5. Web site: Jim Mays Fund. Union Presbyterian Seminary. 31 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151107031030/http://www.upsem.edu/mays. 7 November 2015. dead.