Students were perplexed until they learned that Jacob is the proper translation of the Greek name Iakōbos. When I was teaching a course on the New Testament General Letters (Hebrews through Jude), I began by introducing the Book of Jacob, also known as the Book of James. When I asked what the name of these men was in their languages, they all said “Jacob.” Participants in the study came from a range of countries, including the Netherlands, Iran, Mexico, Moldova and Cameroon. Pastor Dennis Massaro was discussing the three men named “James” in the New Testament: Two were apostles, and the third was the leader of the Jerusalem church and author of the eponymous letter-the Book of James. ![]() The problem of names surfaced at a recent Bible study at the St. ![]() ![]() Baroque artist Guido Reni depicts the apostle James, son of Zebedee, in his painting Saint James the Greater (c.
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