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Definition of Epistle of james
1. Noun. A New Testament book attributed to Saint James the Apostle.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Epistle Of James
Literary usage of Epistle of james
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistle of St. James by James Hardy Ropes (1916)
"The earliest express references to the Epistle of James are those found in Origen,
and the epistle seems to have come into general use and esteem only after ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"That the Epistle of James only addresses Jewish Christians does not prove that
there were not also Gentile Christians, and if it contains more passages ..."
3. Journal of Biblical Literature by Society of Biblical Literature (1908)
"... THE following investigation of the text of the Epistle of James is an experiment
made in the belief ..."
4. A Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by Sir William Smith, John Mee Fuller (1893)
"... GENERAL epistle of james, G EN KB AL EPISTLE OF We must add a strange Talmudic
legend, which appears to relate to James. It is found in the Midrash ..."
5. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1825)
"Some have placed the Epistle of James last, possibly because it was later received
into the canon by the Christian church in general. ..."
6. The Work and Teachings of the Apostles by Charles Foster Kent (1916)
"I. The Literary Form of the Epistle of James. The epistle of James stands unique
among the New Testament writers. In literary form it resembles more closely ..."
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