(January 21, 2010 at 6:37 pm)LEDO Wrote: I would think that any theory which dismisses the existance of Jesus, needs to provide some explanation about some guy who was claimed to be his brother by his rival. That would seem to be a reasonable request.
1) We don't know if Paul originally mentioned James as the brother of Jesus, i did some reading after our last discussion and found out that some of the earliest copies of the letters to the Galatians have no mention at all of the brotherhood, implying that it may have been a later addition, or it may not be, but surely there is some doubt even on this issue.
2) James doesn't even mention himself as the brother or Jesus and none of his letters mention anything related to their being brothers. It seems to be beyond bizarre to expect this man could avoid writing anything about his relationship with his own brother!
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