Johannine literature

Johannine literature is the collection of New Testament works that are attached by tradition to the person of John the Apostle or to the Johannine Christianity.[1] Johannine literature was traditionally considered to include:[2]

Of these five books, the only one that 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.[3]

See also

Notes

  1. Bruce et al. 2012, The Johannine Letters: I, II, and III John
  2. Moloney & Harrington 1998, p. 1
  3. Bruce et al. 2012, The Johannine Letters: I, II, and III John

References

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