ABSTRACT
Both from the literary and historical point of view and in respect of its place in the development of Christian thought, the epistle of J ames is an enigma. It is none the less true that the Christianity to be found in the epistle of James differs considerably both from Paul’s and from the variety to be discovered in the writings of deutero-paulinism. It is essentially ethical. To try and define the position of the epistle of James in the history of Christianity it is important to know where it was written. The Didache thus affords significant evidence for the work of assimilation and interpenetration which was going on at the end of the first century between the various forms of Christianity. In it two types are placed side by side rather than mingled together, One of them belongs to the same species as that represented by the epistle of James.
