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- According to the gospels and first-century Jewish historian Josephus Flavius, James was the brother of Jesus Christ. He was also converted to the early Christian movement after witnessing the risen Jesus (1 Cor. 15:7). The conversion is striking in light of the fact that James was a convinced skeptic who rejected the claims of Jesus.
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Feb 6, 2020 · James Was Skeptical Toward Jesus. James was Jesus’ half-brother. And (like Saul of Tarsus) James did not believe that Jesus was the messiah. Look at what John tells us about Jesus’ brothers: Jesus’ brothers said to him, “Leave Galilee and go to Judea, so that your disciples there may see the works you do.
Dec 15, 2015 · The Conversion and Martyrdom of James, the Brother of Jesus. According to the gospels and first-century Jewish historian Josephus Flavius, James was the brother of Jesus Christ. He was also converted to the early Christian movement after witnessing the risen Jesus (1 Cor. 15:7).
Catholics and Orthodox Christians teach that James, along with others named in the New Testament as "brothers" of Jesus, were not the biological children of Mary, mother of Jesus, but were possibly cousins of Jesus, or step-brothers from a previous marriage of Joseph (as related in the non-canonical Gospel of James).
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The reason his conversion has been ignored is because there is so little prominent information. The only glimpse afforded to us comes from Jesus appearing to James in 1 Corinthians 15:7,...
Jul 26, 2017 · Under the influence of what is known as the 19th-century “Tübingen School” (see Haenchen 1971, pp. 15–24, cited under Commentaries) it is sometimes assumed that James required circumcision of all such converts, but that requirement is attributed to Christian Pharisees in Acts (15:5), not to James.
In his analysis of the relationship between James and Jesus, Richard Bauckham views the letter as a genuine encyclical to diaspora Jewish Christians from James, the brother of Jesus.
Jan 5, 2022 · James identifies himself by name but simply describes himself as “a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ” (James 1:1). His letter deals more with Christian ethics than Christian theology. Its theme is the outworking of faith—the external evidence of internal conversion.
