The General Epistle of James in Smiths Bible Dictionary
The author of this epistle was in all probability James the
son of Alphaeus, and our Lord's brother It was written from
Jerusalem, which St. James does not seem to have ever left. It
was probably written about A.D. 62, during the interval
between Paul's two imprisonments. Its main object is not to
teach doctrine, but to improve morality. St. James is the
moral teacher of the New Testament. He wrote for the Jewish
Christians, whether in Jerusalem or abroad, to warn them
against the sins to which as Jews they were most liable, and
to console and exhort them under the sufferings to which as
Christians they were most exposed.
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