The Epistle of James (Ancient Greek: Ἰάκωβος Iakōbos), usually referred to simply as James, is a Letter in the New Testament. The author identifies himself as "James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ", with "the earliest extant manuscripts of James usually dated to mid-to-late third century." The epistle has been traditionally attributed to James the Just since AD 253.
There are four views concerning the Epistle of James, that:
- the letter was written by James before Paul's letters,
- the letter was written by James after Paul's letters,
- the letter is pseudonymous,
- the letter comprises material originally from James but reworked by a later editor.
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