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Transcendent happiness
The book of James was most likely written by James, the Lord’s half-brother (Mark 6:3), circa 60 A.D. James was converted after Christ’s resurrection and ascension, then became a leading apostle at the church in Jerusalem (he was a presiding leader in Acts 15, the ministerial council to discuss Gentile converts, whether they needed to be circumcised or not). It is true that the original Apostle James (the one that saw Jesus transfigured on the mount – Matt 17:1-2) was killed in Acts 12:2, but it was most likely James, the Lord’s half-brother, who, as an apostle (he is listed with Peter and John in Galatians 2:9 as one of the pillars of the New Testament Church), wrote the epistle of James.
