James the Just and Christian Origins
Bruce Chilton, Craig A. Evans
BRILL, 1999 - 299 pages
The
lack of serious and sustained investigation of the historical figure of
James "the Just," brother of Jesus, is one of the curious oversights in
modern critical study of Christian origins. "James the Just and
Christian Origins addresses this problem. The questions that surround
this exceedingly important, yet largely ignored figure are several and
complicated. Was he really the brother of Jesus? How influential was he
in the early church? What was the nature of his relationship to the
other apostles, especially to Paul? How did James understand
Christianity's relationship to Judaism and to the people of Israel? Out
of this grows a very important question: In its generative moment, was
Christianity in fact as well as in its self-awareness, a species of
Judaism? Contributors from several countries are currently engaged in
collaborative study in James and early Jewish Christianity. "James the
Just and Christian Origins is the first of several planned volumes to be
published.
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