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.
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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 "[God's] servant 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.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.
See also Apocryphon of John Second Apocalypse of John
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Further reading
Bellinzoni, Arthur J. (25 February 2000). The Early Christian Community: From Diversity to Unity to Orthodoxy. Lecture delivered to the Wells College Faculty Club.