In Christian writings Clement of Alexandria was not a contemporary of the supposed James the Just so could not be a witness to his death. It is claimed Clement of Alexandria died in the 3rd century which means that he could have merely copied the supposed Hegesippus.
The claim that James was thrown from the pinnacle of the Temple and beaten to death with a club is not found in Josephus AJ 20.9.1 where it is stated James and others were delivered to be stoned.John2 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2017 3:43 pm Regarding Eusebius' statment that Hegesippus' and Clement of Alexandria's accounts of the death of James are in agreement, Eusebius says in EH 2.23.3 that:
The manner of James' death has been already indicated by the above-quoted words of Clement [of Alexandria], who records that he was thrown from the pinnacle of the temple, and was beaten to death with a club.
And in EH 2.23.19 he says:
These things are related at length by Hegesippus, who is in agreement with Clement [of Alexandria].
There is no evidence of capital punishment in ancient Jewish Law where a Jew is to be clubbed to death.
Christian writers manufactured the character called James the Just and fabricated his death.
No person called James the Just who was clubbed to death is found in any writings of Pliny the elder, Josephus, Tacitus, Suetonius or any accepted contemporary non Christian writings,
Christian writings are evidence that the Jesus story with Peter and James were invented. Christian writers could not even agree when Jesus, Peter and James died and up to this day they have no idea who initially wrote any book of their own New Testament, they do not know when they were written and do not know the order in which they were written.John2 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2017 3:43 pm Regarding the reference in the Clementine literature, I wasn't aware of it until I saw you mention it several days ago, so I did some research on the dating of Peter's death and came away with the impression that the dating of it is not very certain and it ranges from 68 CE to as early as 55 CE.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11744a.htm#IV