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BOOK REPORT
JAMES
Half Brother of Jesus.
PA-110
NEW TESTAMENT AND MINISTRY
BOOK REPORT 4
MARK WILSON
27th March 2001
Book Report 4. The Book of James. Name: Mark Wilson.
Introduction.
James is seen to be the most practical and interesting books of the New Testament. My previous book report on Romans, Paul's message expounded salvation by faith, where James expresses this faith in the way the Christian should live his life. To the Reformers of the Reformation, they saw this as coming dangerously close to a works-based salvation, (Richards 1994:573). "But be ye doers of the Word, and not hearers only" (James 1:22, KJV).
Author.
Nelson accepts the view of most scholars that James the half brother of Jesus is the author, as the epistle is somewhat similar to a speech in Acts 15 by James the half brother of Jesus, (Nelsons 1996:453). Richards also subscribes the authorship to James the half brother of Jesus. He goes on to say that James was a prominent leader of the Jerusalem church, a position confirmed by the Apostle Paul in Gal 2:9. He earnt the nickname of 'the just'
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