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Question - On your web-site you claim that having a book entitled "James" in the New testament is a mistake and that the book's actual title is "Jacob." Why then has it been widely believed and supported by scholars that the author was James, the son of Joseph, Jesus' earthly father? If the book was, in fact, written by "Jacob," who was he? What was his role in the early church and why isn't he mentioned anywhere else?
Answer - The Book of "Jacob" could very well have been written by the son of "Joseph" we have no problem with this understanding, but the Son of "Joseph," was not "James." The son of Joseph (according to the Greek and Hebrew Scriptures) was "Jacob." This name was NOT the English hi-breed "James." James was the name of the "English King" under who's authority the KJV of the Bible was translated, but this name is not found in Scripture.
It is quite easy to determine this, simply look up the name "James," in any Greek Dictionary keyed to Strong's number 2384. The name of the book is "Iakob", pronounced in Greek using English letters as "ee-ak-obe," which comes from Hebrew Strong's number 3290, pronounced as "yah-ak-obe" in Hebrew. It does not take a rocket scientist to determine the truth here, and even a Bible novice can pronounce the name correctly!
The Books name, and the son of Yoseph, was NOT James, it was Ya'aqob, (Jacob in English). This is just one of the many deceptions we find in many English translations.
"Study to show yourself approved to Yahweh., rightly dividing the word of truth." II Tim. 2: 15.
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