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==Primary Sources on James the Just==

<strong>Basic Primary Sources on James the Just (Yaaqov HaTzaddik)</strong><br>
<strong>Gospel of Thomas</strong>&nbsp;12<br>
The Disciples said to Jesus, &ldquo;We are aware that you will depart from us. Who will be our leader?&rdquo; Jesus said to them, &ldquo;No matter where you come it is to James the Just that you shall go, for whose sake heaven and earth have come to exist.&rdquo;<br><br>
<strong>Josephus on death of James</strong><br>
<em>Antiquities</em>&nbsp;20. 200-201<br><br>
James and certain others condemned to death by stoning under Ananus the High Priest, who is deposed by Albinus, Roman governor for this action (62 CE).<br><br>
<strong>Eusebius (quoting Hegesippus) on James &ldquo;the brother of the Lord, and his death</strong><br>
<em>Ecclesiastical History</em>&nbsp;2. 23. 4-7<br><br>
<strong>Eusebius on the succession of Simeon son of Clopas (Alphaeus)</strong><br>
<em>Ecclesiastical History</em>&nbsp;3.11 &amp; 4.22.4<br><br>
<strong>Eusebius (quoting Hegesippus) on Domitian arresting grandsons of Judas, brother of Jesus</strong><br>
<em>Ecclesiastical History</em>&nbsp;3. 19. 20<br><br>
<strong>Eusebius (quoting Hegesippus) on Simeon and others punished under Trajan</strong><br>
<em>Ecclesiastical History</em>&nbsp;3. 32<br><br>
<strong>Gospel of the Hebrews (quoted by Jerome&nbsp;<em>On Famous Men</em>&nbsp;2)</strong><br>
Lord went to James, at with him, blessed him, after the resurrection<br><br>
<strong>Epiphanius on Nazoreans, James, and Successors</strong><br>
<em>Panarion</em>&nbsp;29.3.4-29.9.4; 78.14. 1-6.<br><br>
<strong><em>Ascents of James</em>&nbsp;(recovered from the Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions 1. 33-71: Latin &amp; Syriac versions)</strong><br>
Mentions struggle in Temple around 37 CE, James injured; another killed and buried by 5000 Pious Men out near Jericho.<br>
Robert Van Voorst&nbsp;<em>The Ascents of James</em>&nbsp;(Scholar&rsquo;s Press, 1989)<br><br>
<strong>In Nag Hammadi Library:</strong><br>
<em>Apocryphon of James<br>
First Apocalpyse of James<br>
Second Apocalypse of James<br>
Gospel of the Egyptians</em>
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