The letter sitting in the New Testament under the name of James didn’t come from the man it claims to be.
Thanks much for this, it is a topic I am extremely interested in.
Are any of your sources fairly short, and a good read for non-academics?
An open question which I think you allude to, are there any echos in the letter of the historical James, or is it 100% fiction?
Like the Gospels, Acts is anonymous, leaving us with only Paul's seven undisputed letters as a source of information about James — and Paul, unfortunately, was far from an unbiased one.
Sorry for a second question. Have scholars been able to come up with a probable date for James?
Thanks much for this, it is a topic I am extremely interested in.
Are any of your sources fairly short, and a good read for non-academics?
An open question which I think you allude to, are there any echos in the letter of the historical James, or is it 100% fiction?
Like the Gospels, Acts is anonymous, leaving us with only Paul's seven undisputed letters as a source of information about James — and Paul, unfortunately, was far from an unbiased one.
Sorry for a second question. Have scholars been able to come up with a probable date for James?