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The Expository Times, Vol. 117, No. 9, 366-370 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0014524606065942

Are There Any Links Between the Epistle of James and Buddhism? An Examination of James 3:6

Reverend Rosemary J. Fletcher

The Theological College of Lanka, Pilimatalawa, Sri Lanka

James contains about sixty-three words or phrases that do not occur elsewhere in the Bible, including ‘cycle of nature’/‘wheel of birth’ (3:6). The majority of scholars have thought this comes from Orphicism. Given the place of the Wheel of Life in Buddhism, this article examines the possibility that it was Buddhism which influenced the writer.

Key Words: Buddhism • Epistle of James • Comparative Christology


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