I have always been attracted to Robert Eisenmann's view that James was the real heir to the Jesus movement. His James the Brother of Jesus: The Key to Unlocking the Secrets of Early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls (1998) was a good read, even if I am less than convinced Paul mucked up the whole Jesus thing. I realize it is not as fringy as Buddhist Jesus.
The same goes for Jesus' family. Having read James The Brother of Jesus I'm pretty much convinced that Paul highjacked Christianity and that over the centuries the more Hellenized sect systemically erased the Jewish one.
Have you ever read James, Brother of Jesus by Robert Eisenman? He theorizes the the first Christians were actually the Essenes and/or a Splinter Group of Essenes lead by James The Just and that Paul was trying to co-op the movement.
It's a very good read (long af, but good) Like this guy is a scholar. He teaches early Christian history at UC Long Beach. He's gone on digs in Israel. He knows what he's talking about. He's also Jewish which I feel gives him a unique perspective (and quite frankly a better one) on the topic of early Christianity.
The Clementine Homilies are analyzed a bit in Robert Eisenman's James the Brother of Jesus. He thinks they are authentic:
I began reading them just brcause there's an amazing song lyric, "I remember meeting Clementine and weeping," where that character would be the lovely Barnabas. The singer layers past present future in his songs.
Well, I respect the sweet Galilean rabbi Yeshuah ben Yosef, who was probably the Ebion/Evion. You should read James, the Brother of Jesus by Robert Einsenmann (he´s got other books on this most fascinating subject too), about the original Jewish sect which had been preserved by Jesus' brother Ya'akov or James, the Just. "James, the Brother of Jesus: The Key to Unlocking the Secrets of Early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls" by Robert H. Eisenman, March 1, 1998 https://www.amazon.com/James-Brother-Jesus-Unlocking-Christianity/dp/014025773X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=James%2C+the+brother+of+Jesus+Robert+Eisenman&qid=1594602849&s=books&sr=1-1