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The Brother of Jesus: James the Just and His Mission Paperback – October 1, 2001

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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press; 1 edition (October 1, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0664222994
  • ISBN-13: 978-0664222994
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4.0 out of 5 starsThe historical James
By Timotheos Josephus on July 6, 2002
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Like many books with multiple contributors, this one finds a mixed bag of results. This publication attempts to provide a synopsis of the work of the Consultation on James, a group of scholars who have been meeting on a periodic basis to discuss various facets of James, the alleged "brother" of Jesus.
Jacob Neusner opens with a discussion of the different types of 1st century Judaisms. His findings lead him to conclude that there are four traits foundational to all types of Judaism: the privileged status of ancient Israelite Scripture, an identification with the "Israel" of which Scripture speaks, an insistence upon the priority of that system over all competing accounts of an "Israel" in context, and the certainty that all who live by that system constitute "Israelites".
John Painter provides the longest chapter of the book and he gives an overview of the primary historical questions surrounding James. These include: the meaning of the title "brother of the Lord", the question of whether he was an "unbeliever" during the ministry of Jesus, his alleged conversion following the resurrection of Jesus, his status as leader of the Jerusalem church, his martyrdom, and his view of the Law.
Peter Davids discusses the message of the letter of James, but leaves the question of authorship open. Wiard Popkes follows with a closely related piece on the mission of the author of James, again leaving unanswered the question of authorship.
Richard Bauckham does argue for James, the brother of Jesus, as the actual author of the letter. He then proceeds to compare and contrast the wisdom sayings of Jesus with those found in James.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsAbout Scholars
By David E. Blair on March 23, 2006
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The previous reviewer's remarks regarding this book are to the point and informative. However, lots of water has run under the bridge since his review was written. Church History and all analogous issues, such as theology, Christology, archeaology, commentary, etc., that swirl around it make for a opaque discipline. Or, some would say a complete lack of discipline. Every student of the Bible and Early Church History owes it to themsleves to read this book. Both for its content which is important in the extreme if you are interested in James and the Jacobean movement, and for what it says about the academics that produced it. The Neusner and Chilton partnership has been productive for twenty years at least, and this book might be its culmination. It is a remarkable achievement delivering an immense quantity of valuable information in a small number of pages.

The first thing I will note in the book is the disconcertingly different readings of the text of the Epistle of James. Peter H. David's work can be harmonized with the work of Wiard Popkes. Neither of them can be reconciled with the conclusions of the reading by Richard Bauckham. Popkes is a German scholar and reads everything in English as well as what is in German. There is a mass of relevant scholarship that is available only in German. And, what are the French writing about these matters? There is an English language centered bias in the United States and especially Britain that is long running. That it still exists is apparent in this volume. Therefore, monolingual English readers, miss entirely different scholarly traditions in large measure.Read more ›
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2.0 out of 5 starsSkewed Opinions by Hard Core Christians
By TalkALot on June 19, 2016
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The problem with this book is that most of the sections are written by people who believe that everything in the Bible is the absolute truth. They base their "facts" on the parts of the bible that were authored by people who never met Jesus, who heard about him in third or maybe forth hand, and wrote down the story as it was presented to them 50 or more years after Jesus had passed away. In that sense, their opinions are skewed when they say "James said X, and that's his opinion only, because Jesus said Y." It's more probable in most cases that James' quotes are closer to Jesus' true sayings (he was Jesus' brother, after all) that the quotes linked to Jesus that were written by someone who heard about Jesus from someone else who heard about him. I'm not saying that the quotes by James were actually written by him, but they're less likely to be distorted. Having said that, and having already read dozens of other books on James, I did learn a couple of things about the era he lived in. Not so much new data about James.
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5.0 out of 5 starsNicely done
By C. Bolton on February 5, 2014
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A nicely compiled collection of essays on various aspects of James biography, writings and influence from the perspective of a diverse group of excellent scholars. Highly recommended.
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Well written historically
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