Bruce Chilton is Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Bard College, and the author of A Feast of Meanings: Eucharistic Theologies from Jesus through Johannine Circles (Brill, 1994).Craig Evans is Professor of New Testament at Trinity Western University and Senior Research Fellow at Roehampton Institute London, and author of Jesus and His Contemporaries: Comparative Studies (Brill, 1995).

• Bruce Chilton: IntroductionPhilip Davies: James in the Qumran scrollsPeter H. Davids: Palestine traditions in the Epistle of JamesJacob Neusner: Vow-taking, the Nazirites, and the Law: Does James’ advice to Paul accord with Halakah?Scot McKnight: A parting within the Way: Jesus and James on Israel and purityWilliam R. Farmer: James the Lord’s brother, according to PaulMarcus Bockmuehl: Antioch and James the JustRichard J. Bauckham: For what offence was James put to death?Craig A. Evans: Jesus and James: Martyrs of the TempleBruce Chilton: Conclusions and questions

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