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- The Epistles of John
- The Epistles of John
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Relationships
- 1 Different Hands
- 2 Literary Dependence
- 3 Disguised Authors
- 4 Invented Situations
- Part II Interpretation
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- General Index
- Index Locorum
2 - Literary Dependence
from Part I - Relationships
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 December 2025
Book contents
- The Epistles of John
- The Epistles of John
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Relationships
- 1 Different Hands
- 2 Literary Dependence
- 3 Disguised Authors
- 4 Invented Situations
- Part II Interpretation
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- General Index
- Index Locorum
Summary
The chapter examines the extensive parallels between the Gospel and Epistles of John, concluding that these connections result from deliberate literary borrowing. It also presents evidence that each of these works was written by a different author and that they were written in the following order: John, 1 John, 2 John, and 3 John.
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- The Epistles of JohnOrigins, Authorship, Purpose, pp. 34 - 75Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
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