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	Epistle of James - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This James was not one of the Twelve Apostles, but was first of the Seventy Disciples, and Paul described him as "the brother of the Lord" in Galatians 1:19 and as one of the three pillars of the Church in 2:9.
		John Calvin and others suggested that the author was Saint James the Less, son of Alphaeus, apparently the brother of Matthew the Evangelist.
		If written by James the Just, the place and time of the writing of the epistle would be Jerusalem, where James was residing before his martyrdom in 62.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Epistle_of_James (941 words)

	Epistle of James - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Whatever the currency in classical circles of the epistle as a literary form, it is irrational to put first in the development of Christian literature a general epistle, couched in fluent, even rhetorical, Greek, and afterwards the Pauline letters, which both as to origin and subsequent circulation were a product of urgent conditions.
		The use made by James of earlier material is as important for determining the terminus a quo of its own date as the use of it by later writers for the terminus ad quem.
		The history of the epistle's reception into the canon is not opposed to this; for, once it was attributed to James, Syria would be more likely to take it up, while the West, more sceptical, if not better informed as to its origin, held back; just as happened in the case of Hebrews.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Epistle_of_James (2772 words)

	Epistle of St. James
		The literary relation between the Epistle of James and the Epistle to the Romans is doubtful.
		In the sixteenth century its inspired nature was contested by Erasmus and Cajetan; Luther strongly repudiated the Epistle as "a letter of straw", and "unworthy of the apostolic Spirit", and this solely for dogmatic reasons, and owing to his preconceived notions, for the epistle refutes his heretical doctrine that Faith alone is necessary for salvation.
		James seems to have been moved to write his Epistle on witnessing that the first fervour of the Jewish Christians had grown cold, and that, owing to various causes, both external and internal, a certain spirit of discouragement had declared itself amongst them.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/j/james,epistle_of_st.html (1631 words)

	The Epistle of James
		James the Just was a Jew of Nazareth and his native language would be Aramaic, as was the custom, Hebrew would also be taught in the local school.
		James would say at this point that faith was not enough, if it was not accompanied by action, that faith was dead.
		James wrote that "You see then how that by works a man is justified and not by faith only?" This would sound like the devil's advocate to Luther but James was making the point that without a changed life, your faith is dead, being by itself.
	latter-rain.com /ltrain/jamepi.htm (1236 words)

	The Epistle of James
		James is worried that Christians might take refuge in a psycho-religious inner “trip” as they pretend they believe the gospel with their heads -- and yet no longer do the truth of the gospel with their lives.
		And in view of the fact that James and Jesus were brothers, it isn't surprising that parallels abound between the epistle of James and the teachings of Jesus.
		James was writing to a church which had grown weary and disheartened; weary because of the resistance it met everywhere, disheartened because of the persecution its faithfulness brought upon itself.
	www.victorshepherd.on.ca /Sermons/the_epistle_of_james.htm (2535 words)

	Epistle of James
		An Introduction to the New Testament: The Epistle of James
		James B. Adamson, The Epistle of James (Wm.
		If James the Lord's brother were the author of the Letter, then it is amazing that in James 5.10-11 it is Job and not Jesus who serves as an example of willingness to suffer.
	www.earlychristianwritings.com /james.html (1384 words)

	James, Epistle of - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
		The principles of this epistle are the principles of the Sermon on the Mount.
		All the characteristics of the epistle seem explicable on the supposition of authorship by James the brother of the Lord.
		James has the same sympathy with the poor, and he says, "Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?" (2:5).
	www.studylight.org /enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T4826 (7190 words)

	Introduction to the Epistle of James (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		James, the father of Judas (not Iscariot), is mentioned in Luke 6:16 and Acts 1:13.
		Date: The Jewish historian Josephus says that James died by stoning in the year 62 A.D.; this means that if the brother of Jesus is the author of the letter, it has to have been written before that date.
		The message of James is especially directed to those who are inclined to seek the way to heaven in theory and not in practice.
	www.angelfire.com /sc3/redentormio/James.html (2236 words)

	Rejection of Pascal's Wager: The Epistle of James: A Jewish Christian Document
		The Greek used in the epistle is fluent, eloquent and polished and is unlikely to have come from that of a son of Galilean carpenter whose mother tongue was Aramaic.
		James was not merely talking about the importance of works, he was making his case by asserting it against the view that faith alone, without works, is sufficient.
		James 1:27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
	www.geocities.com /paulntobin/jamesepistle.html (3182 words)

	Studies in the Epistle of James, Part 1
		There are at least fifteen references in the epistle of James to the Sermon on the Mount, commonly referred to as the charter of the kingdom.
		While James, the Lord's brother was a secondary apostle of the kingdom he is not to be confused with James, the son of Zebedee, and James, the son of Alphaeus, both of whom were numbered with the twelve apostles (Matt.
		After James, the son of Zebedee, was killed by Herod, Peter was placed in prison and would have suffered the same fate except for the intervention of God, who sent His angels to deliver him.
	www.bereanbiblesociety.org /articles/1121379755.html (2725 words)

	An Introduction to the New Testament
		The epistle of James is primarily one of teaching on conduct, and the teaching is often couched in words so reminiscent of the words of Jesus, yet in a form which tells against use of the later gospels, that the simplest explanation remains authorship by one whose knowledge of the Lord’s teaching was first-hand.
		The message of the epistle is a practical one of encouragement in the face of temptations, and of moral exhortation.
		So far James goes with Paul, but he interprets the means of salvation in terms of keeping ‘the perfect law, the law of liberty’ (1:25), and his conception of faith is radically different from Paul’s.
	www.religion-online.org /showchapter.asp?title=531&C=559 (1153 words)

	Matthew Henry Commentary - James - Preface
		The writer of this epistle was not James the son of Zebedee; for he was put to death by Herod (Acts 12) before Christianity had gained so much ground among the Jews of the dispersion as is here implied.
		It is called a general epistle, because (as some think) not directed to any particular person or church, but such a one as we call a circular letter.
		It was also a special intention of the author of this epistle to awaken the Jewish nation to a sense of the greatness and nearness of those judgments which were coming upon them; and to support all true Christians in the way of their duty, under the calamities and persecutions they might meet with.
	www.apostolic-churches.net /bible/mhc/preface/james.html (262 words)

	Index James
		Check out the bibliography for more information on James, and turn to the background section to learn who wrote James, when, and its circuitous route to becoming part of our New Testament Canon.
		James seems to have different meanings when read with different frames of understanding.
		Find out how James can be read from Hebrew, Greek, or Christian point of view, as a wisdom text, or as an instruction manual for spiritual wholeness.
	gbgm-umc.org /umw/james (297 words)

	THE EPISTLE OF JAMES--A DOCUMENT ON HEAVENLY WISDOM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Epistle of James is the only book of the New Testament which might be called "Wisdom Literature." It is located under wisdom's banner because of the apostle's discussion of wisdom in chapter three.
		James sees the uncontrolled mouth, like a fountain of bitter water, pouring out the evil which is resident deep within it.
		Since James, in chapter three, defines what he means by wisdom, we miss the significance of what he is saying in chapter one if we try to read another meaning into his words.
	wesley.nnu.edu /wesleyan_theology/theojrnl/11-15/13-1.htm (2456 words)

	The Epistle of James
		But we have seen that it is better described as a letter cast in the form of a public address, for the very good reason that the writer knew that it was in that way that it would be read, that is, in public before the Christian congregations of his day.
		Perhaps James is not so much a chain of thought, or beads on a string, as it is just a handful of pearls, dropped one by one into the hearer's mind.
		The name of James may have been suggested by the apparent opposition to Paul in 2:14-26, taken in conjunction with Paul's own reference to James in Gal.
	www.earlychristianwritings.com /goodspeed/ch18.html (2043 words)

	Epistle of Jacob (James)
		This is why the cults so love the epistle of James--it draws the spirit of deception from them like a poultice, making their error clear for anyone with a correct understanding of salvation to see and avoid, and reveals the cults for the wolves that they really are.
		James is primarily dealing with the topic of being saved from the wrath of God to come upon the earth (reiterated more strongly in chapter 5).
		James here is not making a theological point that prayer and anointing with oil accomplishes the forgiveness of sin in the sense of reconciling one to God; he is speaking of this remitting any temporal consequences of sin that may be upon a person.
	centralcal.com /james.htm (7544 words)

	Epistle of James
		The author is traditionally associated with James the younger or the Less, the Apostle "brother"-cousin of the Lord who was a leader in the early church (Mk.6:3, 15:40, Matt.27:56, Act.15:13-21).
		James proclaims that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone (2:24)...
		Martin Luther rejected James because it seemed to deny his interpretation of justification by faith and to argue instead that a person is justified by works.
	biblia.com /jesusbible/james.htm (2433 words)

	James
		James: Introduction and Outline by Professor Barry D. Smith, Atlantic Baptist University, in Religious Studies 1023: The New Testament and Its Context.
		James- Introduction, Argument, and Outline by Daniel B. Wallace at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
		James, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871.
	www.textweek.com /epistlesrevelation/james.htm (532 words)

	Epistle of James
		The Epistle of James, the first of the general letters (Catholic epistles) of the New Testament of the Bible, is an exhortation to Christian patience and obedience.
		Traditionally, James, "the Lord's brother," has been accepted as the author, which would date the book between AD 45 and 50 and would account for its primitive Christology.
		This James was the author of the epistle which bears his name.
	mb-soft.com /believe/txs/james.htm (568 words)

	James (New Testament Gateway: Hebrews to Jude)
		Richard Heard, “The Epistle of James”, Chapter 16 in An Introduction to the New Testament (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1950), reproduced on Religion-Online.
		Barry D. Smith, “The Letter of James”, an element among the on-line course materials for The New Testament and Its Context at Atlantic Baptist University.
		Bruce Compton, “James 2:21-24 and the Justification of Abraham”, Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal 2 (Fall 1997), pp.
	www.ntgateway.com /hebrews/james.htm (116 words)

	Christology in the Epistle of James
		Reformation assessments of the Epistle of James by Erasmus, Luther, and Calvin mirror the ways it has been treated by students ancient and modern. Erasmus focused on "critical" and textual matters with virtually no attention to the content.
		In chapter 5 James once again condemns the rich, this time for their preoccupation with material gain and luxury and their oppression of poor laborers. He concludes with the words "You have condemned; you murdered the righteous man; and he does not resist you" (vs 6).
		James is in the mainstream with the rest of the NT in alluding to Jesus as Judge.
	www.wheaton.edu /DistanceLearning/JamesChristology.htm (3715 words)

	Epistle of James
		It was accepted into the canon of the NT at the 3rd Council of Carthage in 397 A.D. "James' epistle was written to foster a practical ethical life.
		This passage, which appears near the end of the epistle, is the only teaching James gives with regard to elders in the Lord's church.
		When James directs the elders to do it when they visit a patient, this means that the church, for which the elders act, is concerned about the body as well as about the soul" (R.C.H. Lenski, An Interpretation of the Epistle of James, p.
	www.zianet.com /maxey/Elders8.htm (1352 words)

	Epistle of James
		The Epistle of James, commonly called, James, has been traditionally ascribed to James, the brother of Jesus,.
		James apparently was an unbeliever during the ministry of Jesus; however, a post-Resurrection appearance of Christ to him led to his conversion and ultimately being a devout leader of the early Christian Church.
		James begins his letter by outlining some general characteristics of the Christian life (1:1-27).
	www.embracehisgrace.com /James.htm (495 words)

	The Epistle of Brother James
		It is because of a general misunderstanding of James' epistle that an excuse, however weak, is sought to avoid his often harsh language.
		As it turns out, James was a particularly religious brother who was not at all clear that he was no longer to observe the ordinances of the Mosaic Law.
		In fact, if you read in Paul's epistles and Acts, James was a dominant force in the church in Jerusalem and greatly influenced the continuation of the Jewish religion among the believers in Christ.
	www.gnte.org /ecopub/Messages/James.htm (526 words)

	MARTIN LUTHER’S VIEW OF THE EPISTLE OF JAMES
		One of these was a Preface to the Epistles of James and Jude.
		Luther wrote in 1543, “His [James’] authority is not great enough to cause me to abandon the doctrine of faith and to deviate from the authority of the other apostles and the entire Scripture” (quoted in Althaus 81).
		The result of this approach of interpreting James and other New Testament books in the light of his understanding of Paul was a hierarchy of values in the New Testament.
	www.lessonsonline.info /LutherandJames.htm (5197 words)

	The Epistle of James (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Since James did not die from the fall, he was stoned to death.
		In another place, he said that the Epistle of James is among the disputed books, although these were well known and approved by many (page 110).
		WNT - James wrote to encourage the Jewish Christians who were suffering persecution to be patient; to urge all not to be partial to the rich; to warn the rich oppressors against the day of judgment; in short, to stress the social, practical side of Christianity.
	www.innvista.com /culture/religion/bible/compare/epistle.htm (2488 words)

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