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1 | Who wrote the Book of James? | James 1:1 | Makarios | 7082 | ||
Who wrote the Book of James? Was it James the brother of Jesus or James the apostle, the son of Zebedee? | ||||||
2 | Who wrote the Book of James? | James 1:1 | Hank | 7083 | ||
Nolan, James, the brother of our Lord, has been credited by long-standing tradition as being the author of this fine little New Testament book, which has been called affectionately "The Proverbs of the New Testament." There were, of course other New Testament figures called James; to wit, James, the son of Alphaeus (Matt.10:30), one of the Twelve; James, the son of Zebedee and brother of Apostle John (Matt.10:2); and James, the father of the Apostle Judas (Luke 6:16). Now that we've tried to sort out the Jameses, maybe we should do the same for the Marys too! :) --Hank | ||||||
3 | Who wrote the Book of James? | James 1:1 | jw1 | 53168 | ||
There are only two James' in the NT. The son of Zebedee and the cousin of the Messiah. All references to "James" without the phrase of "John" or "Zebedee" near it can basically be thought of as referring to James-the-less. | ||||||
4 | Who wrote the Book of James? | James 1:1 | EdB | 53184 | ||
JW1 Excuse me but there are four James in the New Testament. James the father of Judas (not Iscariot) seen in Luke 6:16 and Act 1:13. James the son of Alphaeus Matt 10:3 Mark 3:18 and Luke 6:15. James the son of Zebedee and brother of John seen in Matt 4:21 10:21 17:1 Mark 3:17 10:35 13:3 and Luke 9:54 and Acts 1:13. James the brother of Jesus (actually half brother since Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born to the Virgin Mary.). Matt 13:55 Mark 6:3 Gal 1:19 and seen in Acts 12:17 15:13-21 21:18 and Gal 2:9,12. He most probably was the writer of the Book of James. Church Tradition alone with a similarity of language used in the letter drafted by him in Acts 15:23-29 and the language found in the Book of James point to James the brother of Jesus as the author of the Book of James. EdB |
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5 | Who wrote the Book of James? | James 1:1 | jw1 | 53209 | ||
ok...I'll agree that there are 3 James' in the NT, but not 4. James the father of Judas (Acts 1:13, Luk 6:16) is not a figure of any real importance. It is well known that James the son of Zebedee did not write the Book of James. James-the-less is the son of Mother Mary's sister and hence he is the Messiah's cousin. He is also a "pillar" of the church in Jerusalem and the author of the book of James. The reference of "brother" in the NT when used to identify this James is the older Jewish custom of referring to any "near kinsman" as a brother. Mary and Joseph may have had children, but this James is not one of them. | ||||||
6 | Who wrote the Book of James? | James 1:1 | EdB | 53253 | ||
On what do you base that statement? | ||||||
7 | Who wrote the book of James? | James 1:1 | jw1 | 53325 | ||
Mark 15:40 establishes "Mary" as the mother of "James and Joses". Mark 6:3 has "James and Joses" refered to as our Messiah's brothers. Now, because they are "brothers" of Jesus, they must be very closely related to him. John 19:25 establishes that Mother Mary's sister was present at the cross. That would be the tie-in that establishes the close relationship (that warrent's the use of "brother"). Also, when Jesus commits his spirit, he tells the apostle John that Mary is now his mother. If mother Mary actually had children, then Jesus would not have turned over the care of Mary to someone else. | ||||||
8 | Who wrote the book of James? | James 1:1 | EdB | 53360 | ||
Jw1 First 15:40 is talking about James the less the brother of Joses and Salome. Not the James the brother of Joses, Judas and Simon as in Mark 6:3. Different Mary different James. In the Mark 15:40 account, males were too important, Judas and Simon would never be omitted especially when writer went the trouble of naming the sister Salome Remember James, Joses, Judas and Simon were very common names much like our Dick, Bobs and Tom. Also notice in the Mark 6:3 account sisters is plural meaning there must have been more sisters again the account in Mark 15:40 only mentions one female. As to why Jesus would call to John and say behold thy mother is very simple at this time his brothers and most probably his sisters did not yet believe in Him. He entrusted to his mother to his spiritual brother for the obvious reason. There is no evidence to your theory. The fact Jesus had brothers and it was His brother James that wrote the Book of James is widely accepted and long established. Only the Catholic church denies this insisting that Mary remained a virgin. However Matt 1:25 says Joseph refrained from having consummated the marriage until after Jesus was born. EdB |
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9 | Who wrote the book of James? | James 1:1 | jw1 | 53706 | ||
I'm not questioning weather or not Mary had children. It doesn't matter to me one way or the other. We are not told that she did, we are not told that she didn't. The question at hand is simply one of the interpretation of "brother". If it is only used in the familiar usage, then we must interpret it as Jesus' younger sibling. However, my argument here is that the passages could identify the usage of "brother" to indicate a near kinsman. The passages indicated earlier do show James to be Jesus's cousin. This James was the only James who could have written the Book in the NT bearing his name. For me to accept your argument that Jesus's younger brother actually wrote the general epistle, then I would have to accept the following statements: 1. The NT identifies 6 James' (a, son of Zebedee, b, James-the-less, c, James the brother of Joseph, d, James the brother of Joseph, e, James the brother of Jesus, f, James the father of Judas). (I have never heard of anyone making this statement before and I am inclined to think it is not true.) 2. Jesus brother James is an unbelieving Jew at the time of Jesus's death, but eventually becomes a pillar of the fledgling Christian church. (this is quite amazing since I only know of this happeneing to Paul, and even then Paul needed James assistance for the rest of the apostles to accept Paul) 3. At the time of Jesus death, he know that his brother will become a pillar of the church and STILL commits the care of his mother to someone outside of the family. (now that just doesn't make sense at all) Contrast those three unbelievable statements with the argument of James being our Messiah's cousin. |
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10 | Who wrote the book of James? | James 1:1 | EdB | 53714 | ||
jw1 My friend I'm not inventing people here I'm merely reporting what is accepted as fact. There are 4 James in the NT, James the Less son of Alphaeus seen in Matt 10:3, Act 1:13, James the father of Judas not Iscariot seen in Luke 8:16 and Act1:13 James the brother of John sons of Zebedee seen in Matt 4:21 and James the oldest half brother of Jesus seen in Mark 6:3 and written to the epistle of James. If you have an argument with that it is with Dr. John MacArthur and his Bible page 1924, , KJV Bible Commentary, Nelson Study Bible, NASB reference bible, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Dr. Merrill Ungers, Easton's bible Dictionary, etc. and also Church fathers like Jerome. I'm aware that Matthew Henry says the writter of the this book is James the Less cousin of Jesus but most scholars believe James the less the son of Mary that you see in Mark 15:40 was the wife Alphaeus who was also called Cleopas. While he could have been cousin there is no proof. However James the writter of the epistle is James the Just Matt 13:55 half brother of Jesus. Having studied this subject myself to some extent I conclude with this conclusion, however if you disagree you disagree with the experts, take your argument to them. EdB |
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