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Epistle of Clement to James.

[1] More probably “the Lord’s brother.” So it must have been in the text from which Rufinus translated. [That this means “James the Lord’s brother” is quite certain, but it is not necessary to adopt this reading here; comp. chap. 20 and the opening sentence of the previous epistle. In Recognitions, iii. 74, Clement is represented as writing “my lord James.”—R.]

[2] Literally, “of salt.”

[3] The common reading would give “who alone is now long-suffering;” but the change of a letter gives the reading which we have adopted.

[4] It is impossible to translate these terms very accurately. I suppose the πρωρεύς was rather the “bow-oarsman” in the galley.

[5] [Compare with this the remarkable chapter, Recognitions, iii. 75, where a summary is given of previous writings sent to James. The design of this letter, evidently known to Rufinus, was to authenticate the work which follows. The language of Rufinus may fairly imply that this letter, known to be of later origin, was sometimes prefixed to the Recognitions also. This is an evidence of Jewish-Christian origin.—R.]

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