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The book of James is written by Jesus brother , named James.
The book of James has been credited to James the brother of Jesus.
No, the book of James is a letter written by James, the brother of Jesus, to encourage and instruct believers. It contains practical advice on how to live out the Christian faith in daily life.
It was written by Jude, the brother of Jesus
Because he was jesus half brother and the lord wanted him to
Jesus' half-brother, James is often credited with being the Head of the Church of God @ Jerusalem after Peter left in circa 43 AD. He is also credited with the Book of James in the New Testament.
The 65th book in the bible is written by Jude, the brother of Jesus.
James the disciple was the brother of John. They were from Galilee. James, the author of the book of James, was not the disciple. He was the half-brother of Jesus. I say half-brother because they had the same mother, Mary. Joseph was the earthly father of Jesus, but God was His real Father. Joseph was the father of James.
The Book of James was purported to have been written by James, the brother of Jesus, as was the Book of Jude, written by another brother of Jesus.Mark 6: 2-3, refers to the brothers of Jesus, as "James, Joses, Judas and Simon", and also refers to his "sisters".Further supportive information:Galatians 1:19 says "But I saw no one else of the apostles, only James the brother of the Lord. " Other citations are at: (Matthew 12:46; Matthew 13:55, 56; Mark 3:31; Luke 8:19; Jon 2:12; Acts 1:14; 1Corinthians 9:5; )
We do not know who wrote the Epistle of James, nor when or where it was written. Certainly it was attributed to 'James', but when scholars tired to establish whether it was written by the apostle James or by James, the brother of Jesus, they identified good reasons for saying the author could not have been either of them. All we can say is that James appears to be quite an early Christian book.
Jude, traditionally identified as a half-brother of Jesus, is believed to be one of the sons of Mary and Joseph. This makes him a member of Jesus' immediate family. In the New Testament, he is mentioned in the Book of Jude, where he identifies himself as "a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James." This James is often considered to be another brother of Jesus, further supporting the belief that Jude is also a half-brother.
There is a General Epistle of James, which identifies a James as the letter writer, but there are several James mentioned in the gospels and there is also the possibility that it comes from any one of innumerable James outside the gospels or was only written in the name of James.There are reasons to believe that this epistle was not written by either James the brother of Jesus or James, the son of Zebedee. If either of these persons had been the author, one would expect him to mention the historical Jesus and perhaps even remind the reader of the teachings or miracles of Jesus. The Epistle mentions Jesus only once as an introduction to his belief and nowhere does it reference a historical Jesus. Similarly, James the brother of Jesus or James, the son of Zebedee, could be expected to have designated himself as such, if only to add weight to his message. Yet James 1:1 only describes James as a servant of the Lord Jesus Christ, an improbable designation for someone so close to Jesus. Furthermore, the author looks to the Old Testament for his authority on moral issues, apparently unaware of Jesus' teachings on the same matters.Modern scholars say that the one book attributed to James is a forgery written much later to combat 'heretical' (gnostic) ideas within the early Church.Another Answer:Biblical Scholars who worked on the New King James Version (translation) are in consensus that the Book of James was written by James, the Head of the Jerusalem Church of God and the half-brother of Jesus. This is the only biblical writing associated with this James.There are several named 'James' and four are mentioned during Jesus' time: the brother of John and one of the 'sons of Zebedee; the son of Alphaeus called the 'Less or Younger' in Matthew 10:3; James the father of Judas in Luke 6:16; and James, the half-brother and of Jesus and author of the Book of James and Head of the Church of God at Jerusalem?In Acts 12:1-2 we can read of the son of Zebedee, James being 'beheaded.' He was the first of the Apostles martyred. Tradition holds that the half-brother of Jesus was thrown of a roof to his death in circa 62 AD after penning his writing.