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]

• The Gospel of John
• 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 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

• Authorship of the Johannine works

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

• Bruce, Frederick; Cain, Seymour; Davis, H. Grady; Faherty, Robert; Flusser, David (2012), "Biblical Literature", Encyclopaedia Britannica
• Moloney, Francis; Harrington, Daniel (1998), Gospel of John, Collegeviille: Liturgical Press, ISBN 978-0-8146-5806-2, retrieved 2012-11-26