Authorship of the Johannine works

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The authorship of the Johannine works (the Gospel of John, the Johannine epistles, and the Book of Revelation) has been debated by biblical scholars since at least the 2nd century AD. The debate focuses mainly on the identity of the author(s), as well as the date and location of authorship of these writings. Although the tradition and many modern scholars attribute these works to John the Apostle, most scholars have left the traditional identification for alternatives such as John the Elder as author or Lazarus. Although most view the Beloved Disciple as the witness behind the gospel, a growing number of scholars view the disciple as a literary creation instead. A growing number of scholars have challenged the idea of a Johannine community, with recent scholarship tending to ascribe a single author for the gospel. Although some scholars conclude the author of the epistles was different from that of the gospel, most scholars agree that all three epistles are expressed by the same author...

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