Johannine literature

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Johannine literature is traditionally considered to include the following works:{{harvnb|Moloney|Harrington|1998|p=1}}

• 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

Of these five books, the only one that explicitly identifies its author as "[God's] servant John" ({{Langx|grc|Ἰωάννης|Iōannēs}}) is Revelation. Modern scholarship generally rejects the idea that this work is written by the same author as the other four documents.{{harvnb|Bruce|Cain|Davis|Faherty|2012|loc=The Johannine Letters: I, II, and III John}} The gospel identifies its author as the disciple whom Jesus loved, commonly identified with John the Evangelist since the end of the first century.Eusebius of Caesarea, Ecclesiastical History Book iii. Chapter xxiii.

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.{{cite book|last1=Harris|first1=Stephen L.|author-link=Stephen L. Harris|title=Understanding the Bible: a Reader's Introduction|date=1985|publisher=Mayfield|location=Palo Alto|isbn=978-0-87484-696-6|page=355|edition=2nd|quote=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.}}{{cite book|last=Kelly|first=Joseph F.|title=History and Heresy: How Historical Forces Can Create Doctrinal Conflicts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=923-w0Knq-AC&pg=PA115|date=1 October 2012|publisher=Liturgical Press|isbn=978-0-8146-5999-1|page=115}}

• Apocryphon of John
• Second Apocalypse of John

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• {{citation|last1=Bruce|first1=Frederick|last2=Cain|first2=Seymour|last3=Davis|first3=H. Grady|last4=Faherty|first4=Robert|last5=Flusser|first5=David|contribution=Biblical Literature|title=Encyclopædia Britannica|year=2012|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/64496/biblical-literature/73464/The-Johannine-Letters-I-II-and-III-John}}
• {{citation|last1=Moloney|first1=Francis|last2=Harrington|first2=Daniel|title=Gospel of John|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2xDRFYKldboC|year=1998|publisher=Liturgical Press|location=Collegeviille|isbn=978-0-8146-5806-2|access-date=2012-11-26}}

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• {{cite book |author-last=Attridge |author-first=Harold W. |author-link=Harold W. Attridge |year=2008 |chapter=Part II: The Jesus Movements – Johannine Christianity |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6UTfmw_zStsC&pg=PA125 |editor1-last=Mitchell |editor1-first=Margaret M. |editor1-link=Margaret M. Mitchell |editor2-last=Young |editor2-first=Frances M. |editor2-link=Frances Young |title=The Cambridge History of Christianity, Volume 1: Origins to Constantine |location=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=125–143 |doi=10.1017/CHOL9780521812399.008 |isbn=9781139054836}}
• Bellinzoni, Arthur J. (25 February 2000). [https://web.archive.org/web/20060901094259/https://minerva.wells.edu/whatsnew/wnspch25.htm The Early Christian Community: From Diversity to Unity to Orthodoxy]. Lecture delivered to the Wells College Faculty Club.
• {{cite book |editor1-last=Black |editor1-first=C. Clifton |editor2-last=Smith |editor2-first=D. Moody |editor3-last=Spivey |editor3-first=Robert A. |year=2019 |origyear=1969 |title=Anatomy of the New Testament |chapter=John: The Gospel of Jesus’ Glory |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3MSHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA129 |location=Minneapolis |publisher=Fortress Press |edition=8th |pages=129–156 |doi=10.2307/j.ctvcb5b9q.15 |isbn=978-1-5064-5711-6 |s2cid=242455133 |oclc=1082543536}}
• {{cite book |author-last=de Boer |author-first=Martinus C. |year=2018 |chapter=The Story of the Johannine Community and its Literature |editor1-last=de Boer |editor1-first=Martinus C. |editor2-last=Lieu |editor2-first=Judith M. |editor2-link=Judith Lieu |title=The Oxford Handbook of Johannine Studies |location=Oxford and New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198739982.013.4 |isbn=9780198739982 |lccn=2018947872 |s2cid=189193694}}
• {{cite book |last=Byers |first=Andrew J. |year=2017 |chapter=The Johannine Vision of Community: Trends, Approaches, and ‘Narrative Ecclesiology’ |title=Ecclesiology and Theosis in the Gospel of John |location=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |doi=10.1017/9781316823750.002 |pages=3–24 |isbn=9781316823750}}
• {{cite journal |last=Doole |first=J. Andrew |date=March 2021 |title=To Be 'An Out-of-the-Synagoguer' |journal=Journal for the Study of the New Testament |publisher=SAGE Publications |volume=43 |issue=3 |pages=389–410 |doi=10.1177/0142064X20973905 |doi-access=free |issn=1745-5294 |s2cid=228846103}}
• {{cite book |last=Ferreira |first=Johan |year=1998 |title=Johannine Ecclesiology |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IO3UAwAAQBAJ |location=Sheffield |publisher=Sheffield Academic Press |series=The Library of New Testament Studies |isbn=9780567286833 |lccn=98156774}}
• {{cite book |last=Hill |first=Charles E. |year=2005 |chapter=Part III: The Evidence for a Johannine Corpus |title=The Johannine Corpus in the Early Church |location=Oxford and New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/0199264589.003.0009 |pages=447–464 |isbn=9780199264582 |oclc=475098055}}
• {{cite book |last=Koester |first=Craig R. |year=2015 |title=Revelation: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctvBAAAQBAJ |location=New Haven and London |publisher=Yale University Press |series=The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries |volume=38A |isbn=9780300216912}}
• {{cite book |author-last=Lincoln |author-first=Andrew T. |author-link=Andrew T. Lincoln |year=2018 |chapter=The Johannine Vision of the Church |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oWhiDwAAQBAJ |editor-last=Avis |editor-first=Paul |editor-link=Paul Avis |title=The Oxford Handbook of Ecclesiology |pages=98–118 |location=Oxford and New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199645831.013.23 |isbn=9780199645831}}
• {{cite journal |last=Méndez |first=Hugo |date=March 2020 |title=Did the Johannine Community Exist? |journal=Journal for the Study of the New Testament |publisher=SAGE Publications |volume=42 |issue=3 |pages=350–374 |doi=10.1177/0142064X19890490 |doi-access=free |issn=1745-5294 |s2cid=216330794}}
• {{cite book |author-last=Ong |author-first=Hughson T. |year=2015 |chapter=The Gospel from a Specific Community but for All Christians: Understanding the Johannine Community as a “Community of Practice” |editor1-last=Porter |editor1-first=Stanley E. |editor1-link=Stanley E. Porter |editor2-last=Ong |editor2-first=Hughson T. |title=The Origins of John's Gospel |location=Leiden and Boston |publisher=Brill Publishers |series=Johannine Studies |volume=2 |pages=101–123 |doi=10.1163/9789004303164_007 |isbn=978-90-04-30316-4 |issn=2214-2800}}
• {{cite book |author-last=Painter |author-first=John |author-link=John Painter (theologian) |year=2010 |chapter=Johannine Literature: The Gospel and Letters of John |editor-last=Aune |editor-first=David E. |editor-link=David Aune |title=The Blackwell Companion to the New Testament |location=Chichester, West Sussex |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |pages=344–372 |doi=10.1002/9781444318937.ch20 |isbn=9781444318937}}
• {{cite book |author-last=Reinhartz |author-first=Adele |author-link=Adele Reinhartz |year=2013 |chapter=Forging a New Identity: Johannine Rhetoric and the Audience of the Fourth Gospel |editor1-last=Krans |editor1-first=Jan |editor2-last=Lietaert Peerbolte |editor2-first=L. J. |editor3-last=Smit |editor3-first=Peter-Ben |editor4-last=Zwiep |editor4-first=Arie W. |title=Paul, John, and Apocalyptic Eschatology: Studies in Honour of Martinus C. de Boer |location=Leiden |publisher=Brill Publishers |series=Novum Testamentum: Supplements |volume=149 |pages=123–134 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MoKxIeOTkqYC&pg=PA123 |doi=10.1163/9789004250369_009 |isbn=978-90-04-25026-0 |issn=0167-9732 |s2cid=171267332}}

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