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The Epistle of James might be the most quietly radical book in the New Testament — it insists that faith without works is dead, that mercy triumphs over judgment, and it may be pushing back directly on Paul. This episode, we dig into who actually wrote it (probably not Jesus's brother), why nobody quoted it until the third century, why "James" is really "Jacob," and why Martin Luther wanted to demote it to an "epistle of straw." _______________________________________________ Get your Data Over Dogma merch at our online store: https://data-over-dogma-shop.fourthwall.com/ _______________________________________________ Support Data Over Dogma and get every episode early and ad-free, plus exclusive bonus content — become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/DataOverDogma _______________________________________________ Listen to the podcast on every app: https://pod.link/1681418502 _______________________________________________ Follow us: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/dataoverdogmapod TikTok — https://www.tiktok.com/@data.over.dogma.pod Threads — https://www.threads.com/@dataoverdogmapod X — https://x.com/data_over_dogma Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/DataOverDogmaPod _______________________________________________ Get Dan McClellan's New York Times bestselling book, The Bible Says So: https://static.macmillan.com/static/smp/bible-says-so-9781250347466/ _______________________________________________ Chapters: 0:00 Cold Open 0:44 The Epistle of James 2:17 It's Actually "Jacob" 4:01 Which James Wrote This? 6:07 Nobody Quotes It for 200 Years 7:45 Was James Really the Author? 10:20 James vs. Paul on Faith 12:06 Chapter 1: Wisdom Literature 13:45 The Rich, the Poor, and the Law 17:12 Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment 20:06 What "Chesed" Really Means 22:36 Faith Without Works Is Dead 28:49 Abraham, Isaac, and Works 31:16 Luther's "Epistle of Straw" 32:56 Pure Religion: Orphans and Widows _______________________________________________ #DataOverDogma #BibleScholarship #EpistleOfJames #FaithAndWorks #DanMcClellan