Title: Chapter 08: Fill-in-the-blank/Short Answer Questions: The Letter of James
Course: Engaging the Christian Scriptures Instructor's Manual

Q: According to the authors, what do most scholars propose as the solution to the question of James’s authorship?
- an editing process whereby someone later selected and edited early, authentic material from James the brother of Jesus (an editing process whereby someone later selected and edited early, authentic material from James the brother of Jesus)

Q: Briefly describe how the first chapter of James functions within the larger structure of the book.
- it introduces themes that are developed later (it introduces themes that are developed later)

Q: What do the authors say is the probable explanation for why Paul and James seem to be in conflict over the issue of faith vs. works?
- most likely one is responding to a distortion of the other’s teaching (most likely one is responding to a distortion of the other’s teaching)

Q: Who is James, the putative author of the Letter of James?
- brother of Jesus and leader of the Jerusalem church. (brother of Jesus and leader of the Jerusalem church.)