James offers practical wisdom mirroring the Sermon on the Mount

Author traditionally believed to be a brother of Jesus

18th-century fresco of the Sermon on the Mount by Franz Xaver Kirchebner in the parish church of St. Ulrich. Public domain image courtesy of Wikimedia.

The author of the Epistle of James is often thought to be James the brother of Jesus, also a leader of the early Christian church in Jerusalem¹. But since he doesn’t mention his relationship with Jesus in…