Date of Writing: The Book of James is probably the oldest book of the New Testament, written perhaps as early as A.D. 45, before the first council of Jerusalem in A.D. 50. James was martyred in approximately A.D. 62, according to the historian Josephus.
Tarehe ya kuandikwa: Kitabu cha Yakobo pengine ndicho kitabu kongwe zaidi cha Agano Jipya, kilichoandikwa labda mapema kama 45 BK, kabla ya baraza la kwanza la Yerusalemu mnamo 50 BK. Yakobo aliuawa mnamo mwaka 62 BK, kwa mujibu wa mwanahistoria Yusufu.