Fourth, the Epistle of James is notably impersonal. There are no personal names used in the letter—no indications given that would help to identify the original readers in any way. Yet, the author knows these people well enough to call them “brothers” throughout the letter, and to reveal himself simply as “James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.” Fifth, there is a high appreciation of nature in the book. James uses illustrations from agriculture, the weather, the oceans and other natural