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James the Less is a figure of early Christianity.¹

Statue of James, identified with the Apostle James, at the church of the Mafra Palace, Portugal

In the New Testament, James appears only in connection with his mother Mary of Clopas in Mark 15:40, Mark 16:1, Matthew 27:56. In Mark 15:40 and Matthew 27:56 he is accompanied by a brother called Joses or Joseph.

James the Less is almost universally identified with James, son of Alphaeus, one of the Twelve Apostles. He is also sometimes identified with James the Just. For more information on these possible identities, see James, son of Alphaeus.

Notes

^ He is also labelled "the minor", "the little", "the lesser", or "the younger", according to translation.

James the Less: The Latter Rain Page
Eusebius, Historia Ecclesia
Who's Who in The New Testament, Ronals Brownrigg, Oxford University Press, 1993
The 12, The Story of Christ's Apostles, Edgar J. Goodspeed, Holt, Rinehart and Winston
The Search for the Twelve Apostles, William Steuart McBirnie, Ph. D. Tyndale Pp183-194.