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  1. James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings. Trials and Temptations - Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you ...

    • James 1 KJV

      King James Version. 1 James, a servant of God and of the...

    • James 1

      Greeting - James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus...

  2. Mar 11, 2024 · JAMES, by Percival Everett. “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” the critic Lionel Trilling wrote, is “one of the world’s great books and one of the central documents of American culture,” in part...

  3. Mar 19, 2024 · AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view.

  4. Mar 19, 2024 · The adventures of James, a book lover in his mid-20's who flees because he is supposed to be sold and fears to lose his wife and daughter, involve all kinds of people and situations illuminating the dynamics of social roles between Black and white people in the South shortly before the Civil War.

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    • Summary of The Book of James
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    This summary of the book of James provides information about the title, author(s), date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the Book of James.

    The author identifies himself as James (1:1); he was probably the brother of Jesus and leader of the Jerusalem council (Ac 15). Four men in the NT have this name. The author of this letter could not have been the apostle James, who died too early (a.d. 44) to have written it. The other two men named James had neither the stature nor the influence t...

    Some date the letter in the early 60s. There are indications, however, that it was written before a.d. 50: If this early dating is correct, this letter is the earliest of all the NT writings -- with the possible exception of Galatians.

    The recipients are identified explicitly only in 1:1: "the twelve tribes scattered among the nations." Some hold that this expression refers to Christians in general, but the term "twelve tribes" would more naturally apply to Jewish Christians. Furthermore, a Jewish audience would be more in keeping with the obviously Jewish nature of the letter (e...

    Characteristics that make the letter distinctive are: (1) its unmistakably Jewish nature; (2) its emphasis on vital Christianity, characterized by good deeds and a faith that works (genuine faith must and will be accompanied by a consistent lifestyle); (3) its simple organization; (4) its familiarity with Jesus' teachings preserved in the Sermon on...

    Greetings (1:1)
    Trials and Temptations (1:2-18)
    Listening and Doing (1:19-27)
    Favoritism Forbidden (2:1-13)
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