In the article “Ancient Courts and the Letter of James” in the Fall 2025 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, Alicia J. Batten argues that the setting of James’s story was likely a court of law or perhaps a local synagogue where such legal disputes were also heard and discussed.The BAR article is behind the subscription wall, but this essay summarizes it.
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