The Start of the Letter of James (James 1:1)

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings. The first verse of this letter identifies its author as James, servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. Note that he does not call himself an apostle or give any other information about himself. He may, indeed,

Introduction to the Letter of James: Author and Date

To conclude our study of the “catholic epistles”, we will look at the letter of James. The author calls himself James but there are a lot of people named James in the New Testament. The most likely candidates are James the son of Zebedee (James the Greater) among the apostles and James the brother of