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.
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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