Straight out of Hebron: James the Just
James has long been a fascination of mine. I have some pretty unique theories on who he was and what he meant for the Historical Jesus Movement in First Century Jerusalem. I define the Historical Jesus Movement as those who are focused on the biblical archeology surrounding the Jesus Movement. In these studies, we respectfully lay aside any questions of divinity and try to use the commonality of ideas to find out what we can know of someone.
It's a bit like math. You don't make assumptions based upon your beliefs, you find facts based upon what physically exists regardless of your beliefs. Understand, the fact that you're exploring this topic at all reveals a bias in one direction or another and the things you believe are true are also biased but this type of information isn't about you and your beliefs, it's about the commonality of belief and preserving what we do "know". Also with the understanding that what we "Know" is also subject to change. Sorry, it has to be complicated or no one would read the books! LOL
So I wanted to start with James the Just and do a comprehensive deep dive into the information we have on him. While I would love to say it's unbiased, it is not. Personally, I disagree with several things in my own blog but I am still presenting the information in spite of how I feel about it. I believe James the Just was a much more important historical figure than the world understands and his story, though shrouded in patina, is still out there for us to discover.
https://qmichaellewis.blogspot.com/2025/02/james.html
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