08—Forty Days with James: Through the Book (RPM)

<p>For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ <a href="https://www.douglasjacoby.com/08-james-james-1-5-rpm/" target="_blank"><strong>website.</strong></a></p><ul><li>Interesting facts about James<ul><li>James appears immediately after Acts in many early NTs.</li><li>Some scholars think James was the first NT document to be written (sometime in the 40s). (Many conservative scholars believe Galatians is the oldest, penned in 48.) Note: James the brother of the Lord was executed in 62.</li><li>James has 108 verses—about the same length as Philippians, 1 Timothy, 1 Peter, and 1 John. (The Sermon on the Mount, by way of comparison, is 111 verses in length.)</li><li>The first-century Jewish writer and statesman Josephus devotes more of his history to James than to Jesus.</li><li>James eventually overtook Peter as the most influential leader in the Jerusalem church community (evident in Acts 15).</li></ul></li><li>The recording features the translation of British N.T. scholar <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_P._Martin">Ralph P. Martin</a>, as found in <i>The Word Biblical Commentary 48: James</i> (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1988), 3-217. (That's why I call this version "RPM.")</li></ul><p><i>Next in 40 Days in James: "The Chair and the Floor"</i></p>