![]() These believers would be encouraged by a letter from the leader of the Jerusalem church and half-brother of Jesus Christ. The context indicates the audience was Jewish Christians throughout the Roman Empire and beyond. Tradition says James died in AD 62 as a martyr for the faith.Īudience: As a General Epistle, James was written "to the twelve tribes in the Dispersion" (James 1:1). Additional church traditions credit this book to the half-brother of Jesus Christ. ![]() ![]() The speech given by James in Acts 15 is similar to the points made in this letter. James was the also the brother of Jude, the author of the book of Jude (Matthew 13:55 Mark 6:3). James was known as a pillar of the faith (Galatians 2:9). Survey of James Book Type: One of the New Testament's General Epistles the twentieth book of the New Testament the fifty-ninth book of the Bible.Īuthor: James, the half-brother of Jesus, as identified in James 1:1.
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