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Just James

The Brother of Jesus in History and Tradition
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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.
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.
Preface Abbreviations Just James: The Death of a Legend Part I: The Gospels, Acts, and the Letters of Paul The Gospels: James and the Family of Jesus Acts: James as Convert or Foundation Leader? The Letters of Paul: Paul and James James, Peter, Matthew, and Paul: Diversity and Conflict in the Two Missions Part II: Images of James in the Early Church Tradition in Eusebius: James the Just, Brother of the Lord, First Biship and Martyr The Nag Hammadi Library: James as a Successor to Jesus and Repository of Secret Tradition The Apocrypha and Later Christian Evidence: Bishop of Bishops and Bulwark of Truth Jewish Christianity, the Righteous Sufferer, and the Epistle of James Excursus: Robert Eisenman's James the Brother of Jesus Bibliography Index of Biblical and Ancient Sources Index of Modern Authors Index of Subjects
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