James the Just and Christian origins / / edited by Bruce Chilton and Craig A. Evans.

• Superior document: Supplements to Novum Testamentum, v. 98
• TeilnehmendeR: Chilton, Bruce.; Evans, Craig A.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill.; c1999.
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Language: English
• Series: Novum Testamentum, Supplements 98.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (311 pages)
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; James in the Qumran Scrolls /; Palestinian Traditions in the Epistle of James /; Vow-Taking, the Nazirites, and the Law: Does James' Advice to Paul Accord with Halakhah? /; A Parting within the Way: Jesus and James on Israel and Purity /; James the Lord's Brother, According to Paul /; Antioch and James the Just /; For what Offence was James put to Death? /; Jesus and James Martyrs of the Temple /; Conclusions and Questions /; Index of Ancient Literature /; Index of Modern Authors /; Index of Subjects and Figures /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004267484
• ISSN: 0167-9732
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Bruce Chilton and Craig A. Evans.

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.