Figure Christianity
St. James the Elder
Iacobus Maior la ܝܥܩܘܒ ܒܪ ܙܒܕܝ arc יעקב בן זבדי he
One of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus
Overview
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Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
Belonged to
Offices held 1
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Dates unrecorded apostle
Family tree
As the myths and records give it. Versions differ from source to source.
The family as a list · 5
Kinship in an account 5
- child of (child) Salome biblical figure, mother of John and Jacob
- child of (child) Zebedee father of James and John, two disciples of Jesus
- partner of (spouse) partner of: recorded as unknown
- sibling of John the Apostle apostle of Jesus; son of Zebedee and Salome, brother of James; traditionally identified with John the Evangelist, John of Patmos, and the Beloved Disciple
- sibling of John the Evangelist author of the Gospel of John; traditionally identified with John the Apostle of Jesus, John of Patmos (author of Revelation), and John the Presbyter
Teachers and students
Teaching passed from one person to another, in the direction of the arrows — not ancestry, and not succession.
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St. James the Elder one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus What the records tie them to
Founded, supported, associated with — as third parties recorded it.
In the texts
Works this figure appears in. A work’s date is the source’s, not this figure’s.
Connections
Affiliation 1
Recorded events and days 2
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