Just James: The Brother of Jesus in History and Tradition

Name: Just James: The Brother of Jesus in History and Tradition
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ISBN: 9780800631697

By: John Painter

Augsburg Fortress / 1999 / Paperback

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(PUBFortress)"Discusses not only the New Testament evidence about Jesus' brother, but also a number of later church traditions. A good piece of scholarship, which is essential for anyone who has a serious interest in the best known of Jesus' natural brothers,"---Expository Times. 352 pages, softcover.

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Title: Just James: The Brother of Jesus in History and Tradition
By: John Painter
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 326
Vendor: Augsburg Fortress
Publication Date: 1999

Dimensions: 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.0 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 4 ounces
ISBN: 0800631692
ISBN-13: 9780800631697
Stock No: WW31692X

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Just James provides a fascinating treatment of Jesus' brother based on all the ancient sources: New Testament, early church fathers, Nag Hammadi codices, and other early Christian writings. Painter evaluates the importance of this towering figure of the early church whose contributions have been obscured from the consciousness of modern Christianity. The author explores James' relationship to Jesus, Mary's perpetual virginity, James' receipt of special revelations from the risen Lord, and his status as one of the first martyrs of the church.

Author Bio

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John Painter is Professor of Theology and St. Mark's National Theological Centre, Charles Sturt University, Canberra, Australia. He is the author of Mark's Gospel: Worlds in Conflict (1997), The Quest for the Messiah (2d ed., 1993), Theology as Hermeneutics: Rudolf Bultmann's Interpretation of the History of Jesus (1987), Reading John's Gospel Today (1980), and John: Witness and Theologian (1975).

D. Moody Smith is George Washington Ivey Professor Emeritus of New Testament at The Divinity School, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.