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1 | 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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2 | 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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3 | 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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