Johannine literature explained

Johannine literature is the collection of New Testament works that are traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, John the Evangelist, or to the Johannine community. They are usually dated to the period, with a minority of scholars, including Anglican bishop John Robinson, offering the earliest of these datings.

List

Johannine literature is traditionally considered to include the following works:

• The Gospel of John
• The Johannine epistles
  • The First Epistle of John
  • The Second Epistle of John
  • The Third Epistle of John
• The Book of Revelation

Authorship

Of these five books, the only one that explicitly identifies its author as a "John" is Revelation. Modern scholarship generally rejects the idea that this work is written by the same author as the other four documents. The gospel identifies its author as the disciple whom Jesus loved, commonly identified with John the Evangelist since the end of the first century.^[1]

Scholars have debated the authorship of Johannine literature (the Gospel of John, Epistles of John, and the Book of Revelation) since at least the third century, but especially since the Enlightenment. The authorship by John the Apostle is rejected by many modern scholars.^{[2] [3]}

See also

• Apocryphon of John
• Second Apocalypse of John

References

Works cited

Further reading

• Book: Attridge . Harold W. . Harold W. Attridge . 2008 . Part II: The Jesus Movements – Johannine Christianity . https://books.google.com/books?id=6UTfmw_zStsC&pg=PA125 . Mitchell . Margaret M. . Margaret M. Mitchell . Young . Frances M. . Frances Young . The Cambridge History of Christianity, Volume 1: Origins to Constantine . . . 125–143 . 10.1017/CHOL9780521812399.008 . 9781139054836.
• Bellinzoni, Arthur J. (25 February 2000). The Early Christian Community: From Diversity to Unity to Orthodoxy. Lecture delivered to the Wells College Faculty Club.
• Book: Black . C. Clifton . Smith . D. Moody . Spivey . Robert A. . 2019 . 1969 . Anatomy of the New Testament . John: The Gospel of Jesus’ Glory . https://books.google.com/books?id=3MSHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA129 . . . 8th . 129–156 . 10.2307/j.ctvcb5b9q.15 . 978-1-5064-5711-6 . 242455133 . 1082543536.
• Book: de Boer . Martinus C. . 2018 . The Story of the Johannine Community and its Literature . de Boer . Martinus C. . Lieu . Judith M. . Judith Lieu . The Oxford Handbook of Johannine Studies . . . 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198739982.013.4 . 9780198739982 . 2018947872 . 189193694.
• Book: Byers, Andrew J. . 2017 . The Johannine Vision of Community: Trends, Approaches, and ‘Narrative Ecclesiology’ . Ecclesiology and Theosis in the Gospel of John . . . 10.1017/9781316823750.002 . 3–24 . 9781316823750.
• Doole . J. Andrew . March 2021 . To Be 'An Out-of-the-Synagoguer' . . . 43 . 3 . 389–410 . 10.1177/0142064X20973905 . free . 1745-5294 . 228846103.
• Book: Ferreira, Johan . 1998 . Johannine Ecclesiology . . . The Library of New Testament Studies . 9780567286833 . 98156774.
• Book: Hill, Charles E. . 2005 . Part III: The Evidence for a Johannine Corpus . The Johannine Corpus in the Early Church . . . 10.1093/0199264589.003.0009 . 447–464 . 9780199264582 . 475098055.
• Book: Koester, Craig R. . 2015 . Revelation: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary . . . . 38A . 9780300216912.
• Book: Lincoln . Andrew T. . Andrew T. Lincoln . 2018 . The Johannine Vision of the Church . https://books.google.com/books?id=oWhiDwAAQBAJ . Avis . Paul . Paul Avis . The Oxford Handbook of Ecclesiology . 98–118 . . . 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199645831.013.23 . 9780199645831.
• Méndez . Hugo . March 2020 . Did the Johannine Community Exist? . . . 42 . 3 . 350–374 . 10.1177/0142064X19890490 . free . 1745-5294 . 216330794.
• Book: Ong . Hughson T. . 2015 . The Gospel from a Specific Community but for All Christians: Understanding the Johannine Community as a “Community of Practice” . Porter . Stanley E. . Stanley E. Porter . Ong . Hughson T. . The Origins of John's Gospel . . . Johannine Studies . 2 . 101–123 . 10.1163/9789004303164_007 . 978-90-04-30316-4 . 2214-2800.
• Book: Painter . John . John Painter (theologian) . 2010 . Johannine Literature: The Gospel and Letters of John . Aune . David E. . David Aune . The Blackwell Companion to the New Testament . . . 344–372 . 10.1002/9781444318937.ch20 . 9781444318937.
• Book: Reinhartz . Adele . Adele Reinhartz . 2013 . Forging a New Identity: Johannine Rhetoric and the Audience of the Fourth Gospel . Krans . Jan . Lietaert Peerbolte . L. J. . Smit . Peter-Ben . Zwiep . Arie W. . Paul, John, and Apocalyptic Eschatology: Studies in Honour of Martinus C. de Boer . . . . 149 . 123–134 . https://books.google.com/books?id=MoKxIeOTkqYC&pg=PA123 . 10.1163/9789004250369_009 . 978-90-04-25026-0 . 0167-9732 . 171267332.

Notes and References

1. Eusebius of Caesarea, Ecclesiastical History Book iii. Chapter xxiii.
2. Book: Harris. Stephen L.. Stephen L. Harris. Understanding the Bible: a Reader's Introduction. 1985. Mayfield. Palo Alto. 978-0-87484-696-6. 355. 2nd. Although ancient traditions attributed to the Apostle John the Fourth Gospel, the Book of Revelation, and the three Epistles of John, modern scholars believe that he wrote none of them..
3. Book: Kelly, Joseph F.. History and Heresy: How Historical Forces Can Create Doctrinal Conflicts. 1 October 2012. Liturgical Press. 978-0-8146-5999-1. 115.