Poor and Rich in James -- The Old Testament in James -- Author, Addressees, and Date -- Passages to Consider -- Research Problem and Hermeneutical Approach -- Research Methodology and Constraints -- Significance of the Project -- Overall Methodology -- Perspective and Approaches to a Quotation -- Relevance Theory -- Précis of Relevance Theory -- Relevance and the Speaker/Writer -- Relevance and the Hearer/Reader -- Relevance and the Process of Comprehension -- Relevance and Context -- The Relevance of a Text -- Relevance Theory and Quotations -- Metarepresentation -- Types of Quotations -- Contributions of Relevance Theory -- Specific Methodology -- Establishment of the Text -- Elucidation of the Co-text -- Description of the General Cognitive Environment -- Identification of Possible OT Texts and Traditions Evoked -- Evaluation of the Accessibility of the Cognitive Environment -- Interpretation of the Text within a Prioritized Cognitive Environment -- Summary of How James Uses the OT -- James 1:9-11, 26-27 -- Methodology Applied to 1:9-11 -- Elucidation of the Co-text -- Description of the General Cognitive Environment -- Identification of Possible OT Texts and Traditions Evoked -- Evaluation of Accessibility of the Cognitive Environment -- Interpretation of the Text in James -- Summary of How James Uses the OT in 1:9-II -- Methodology Applied to 1:26-27 -- Elucidation of the Co-text -- Description of the General Cognitive Environment -- Identification of Possible OT Texts and Traditions Evoked -- Evaluation of Accessibility of the Cognitive Environment -- Interpretation of the Text in James -- Summary of How James Uses the OT in 1:26-27 -- James 2:1-26 -- Methodology Applied to 2:1-13 -- Elucidation of the Co-text -- Description of the General Cognitive Environment -- Identification of Possible OT Texts and Traditions Evoked -- Interpretation of the Text in James -- Summary of How James Uses the OT in 2:1-13 -- Methodology Applied to 2:14-26 -- Elucidation of the Co-text -- Description of the General Cognitive Environment -- Identification of Possible OT Texts and Traditions Evoked -- Interpretation of the Text in James -- Summary of How James Uses the OT in 2:14-26 -- James 4:13-5:11 -- Methodology Applied to 4:13-17 -- Establishment of the Text -- Elucidation of the Co-text -- Description of the General Cognitive Environment -- Identification of Possible OT Texts and Traditions Evoked -- Interpretation of the Text in James -- Summary of How James Uses the OT in 4:13-17 -- Methodology Applied to 5:1-6 -- Elucidation of the Co-text -- Description of the General Cognitive Environment -- Identification of Possible OT Texts and Traditions Evoked -- Interpretation of the Text in James -- Summary of How James Uses the OT in 5:1-6 -- Methodology Applied to 57-11 -- Elucidation of the Co-text -- Description of the General Cognitive Environment -- Identification of Possible OT Texts and Traditions Evoked -- Interpretation of the Text in James -- Summary of How James Uses the OT In 5.7-11 -- James's Use of the OT -- James's Ethics of Poverty and Wealth -- Contributions of Relevance Theory Methodology to the Research -- Final Conclusions.