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Summary
Date: 180-250 C.E.
In this revelation dialogue Jesus prepares James, his brother, for suffering and teaches him how the soul passes the heavenly powers after death. The text follows Codex V. A second copy survives in Codex Tchacos, and a Greek fragment in P.Oxy. 5533.
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