Epistle of James

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:

1. the letter was written by James before Paul's letters,
2. the letter was written by James after Paul's letters,
3. the letter is pseudonymous,
4. the letter comprises material originally from James but reworked by a later editor.