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| name = James Luther Mays
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|07|14|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Louisville, Georgia
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| occupation = Old Testament scholar
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| title = Cyrus McCormick Professor of Hebrew and the Old Testament Emeritus at Union Presbyterian Seminary, Virginia
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| spouse = Mary Will (nee Boyd)
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| education = University of Manchester
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| doctoral_advisor = H. H. Rowley
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| discipline = Biblical studies
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| notable_works = Psalms, Hosea, Amos, and Micah
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}}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. WorksBooks- {{cite book|author1-last=Mays |author1-first=James Luther |author1-mask= |title=Exegesis as a theological discipline |location=Richmond, VA |publisher=Union Theological Seminary |date=1960 |ISBN= |OCLC=13948482 }}
- {{cite book|author1-last=Mays |author1-first=James Luther |author1-mask=3 |title=Leviticus, Numbers |series=Layman's Bible book commentary |volume= 4 |location=London |publisher=SCM Press |date=1963 |ISBN= |OCLC=70423288 }}
- {{cite book|author1-last=Mays |author1-first=James Luther |author1-mask=3 |title=Amos: a commentary |location=London |publisher=SCM Press |date=1969 |ISBN=9780334000396 |OCLC=716616834 }}
- {{cite book|author1-last=Mays |author1-first=James Luther |author1-mask=3 |title=Micah : a commentary |series=Old Testament library |location=Philadelphia, PA |publisher=Westminster Press |date=1976 |ISBN=9780664208172 |OCLC=2020740 }}
- {{cite book|author1-last=Mays |author1-first=James Luther |author1-mask=3 |title=Ezekiel, Second Isaiah |series=Proclamation commentaries |location=Philadelphia, PA |publisher=Fortress |date=1978 |ISBN=9780800605926 |OCLC=3609030 }}
- {{cite book|author1-last=Mays |author1-first=James Luther |author1-mask=3 |title=Interpreting the prophets |location=Philadelphia, PA |publisher=Fortress |date=1985 |ISBN=9780800619329 |OCLC=917385441 }}
- {{cite book|author1-last=Mays |author1-first=James Luther |author1-mask=3 |title=Interpreting the gospels |location=Philadelphia, PA |publisher=Fortress |date=1981 |ISBN=9780800614393 |OCLC=869057632 }}
- {{cite book|editor1-last=Mays |editor1-first=James Luther |editor1-mask=3 |editor2-last=Blenkinsopp |editor2-first=Joseph |editor2-link=Joseph Blenkinsopp |title=Harper's Bible commentary |location=San Francisco & Cambridge |publisher=Harper & Row |date=1988 |ISBN=9780060655419 |OCLC=715645920 }}
- {{cite book|author1-last=Mays |author1-first=James Luther |author1-mask=3 |title=The Lord reigns: a theological handbook to the Psalms |location=Louisville, KY |publisher=Westminster John Knox Press |date=1994 |ISBN=9780664255589 |OCLC=30109597 }}
- {{cite book|editor1-last=Mays |editor1-first=James Luther |editor1-mask=3 |editor2-last=Petersen |editor2-first=David L. |editor2-link=David L. Petersen |editor3-last=Richards |editor3-first=Kent Harold |editor3-link=Kent Harold Richards |title=Old Testament interpretation: past, present, and future: essays in honor of Gene M. Tucker |location=Nashville, TN |publisher=Abingdon Press |date=1995 |ISBN=9780687138715 |OCLC= 1021306503 }}
- {{cite book|author1-last=Mays |author1-first=James Luther |author1-mask=3 |title=Preaching and teaching the Psalms |location=Louisville, KY |publisher=Westminster John Knox Press |date=2006 |ISBN=9780664230418 |OCLC=62085497 }}
- {{cite book|author1-last=Mays |author1-first=James Luther |author1-mask=3 |title=Psalms |series=Interpretation, a Bible commentary for teaching and preaching |location=Louisville |publisher=John Knox Press |date=2011 |ISBN=9780664234393 |OCLC= 820555500 }}
Festschriften- {{cite book|editor1-last=Miller |editor1-first=Donald G. |editor1-link=Donald G. Miller |title=The Hermeneutical Quest: Essays in Honor of James Luther Mays on His Sixty-fifth Birthday |series=Princeton theological monograph series |volume=4 |location=Allison Park, PA |publisher=Pickwick Publications |date=1986 |ISBN= 9780915138869 |OCLC=13124684 }}
Notes1. ^{{cite web|title=James L. Mays|url=http://www.harpercollins.com/cr-101614/james-l-mays|publisher=Harper Collins|accessdate=31 October 2015}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=SBL Presidents|url=https://www.sbl-site.org/SBLpresidents.aspx|publisher=Society of Biblical Literature|accessdate=31 October 2015}}
3. ^{{cite news|title=Mays, James|url=http://www.richmond.com/obituaries/article_0a114b5c-b913-5ed4-8173-45c49c6983bb.html|accessdate=13 January 2016|agency=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=8 November 2015}}
4. ^{{cite book|author1=Donald G. Miller|title=The Hermeneutical Quest: Essays in Honor of James Luther Mays on His Sixty-fifth Birthday|date=January 1, 1986|publisher=Pickwick Publications|isbn=0915138867}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Jim Mays Fund|url=http://www.upsem.edu/mays|publisher=Union Presbyterian Seminary|accessdate=31 October 2015}}
References- {{cite web|author1-last=Petersen |author1-first=David L. |author1-link=David L. Petersen |author2-last=Richards |author2-first=Kent H. |author2-link=Kent H. Richards |author3-last=Tucker |author3-first=Gene M. |author3-link=Gene M. Tucker |title=James Luther Mays, 1921–2015 |work=sbl-site.org|url=https://www.sbl-site.org/assets/pdfs/JamesLutherMays-1921.pdf |date=2015 |accessdate=Mar 29, 2018}}
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