This epistle is from Jude or "Judas" – it’s the same name translated Judas everywhere else...)
Jude identifies himself as a "servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James." Normally, one would refer to himself as a servant of God. But since the apostles all believed that Jesus Christ was God, they regularly refer to themselves as servants of Jesus Christ.
He also identifies himself as a brother of James. As we saw in our series on the epistle of James, there were lots of guys named James (or Jacob, in Greek). But there was only one James who could really just say "James". And that was James the Just – the brother of Jesus – who was the lead elder in Jerusalem – the chairman of the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15.
Josephus, the first century Jewish historian, had a lot of respect for James. Even though Josephus disagreed with James on the matter of who Jesus was, te recognized that James was a wise and just leader.
So this epistle is from the brother of James the Just.
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