3 However, the research notes that what constitutes the problem of this discourse has to do with the fact that the book does not emphatically name its author 4 meanwhile, the author of the book is indicated as “the Beloved Disciple” or better still “the Disciple Jesus loved” (Jhn 21:20, 23-24) and a close companion of Peter.
2 The Book of John is often considered as a standing unique testimony in this sphere, though different from the Synoptics. The Gospels are the four canonized books of the New Testament which explicitly presents the life and ministry account of Jesus Christ. However, this research calls attention to re-entrench past and current trends in regards to the issue at hand as well as analyze the varying reasons for different opinions in other to establish a viable stance. In view of this, there is an increasing tendency by critics to abandon earlier conclusions and traditions that the writer utilized synoptic materials and that the book was sub-apostolic in date designed for Greek-thinking people and that John’s theology reflects a long period of development. Meanwhile, questions surrounding the authorship of the Fourth Gospel which critical scholars of generations past thought were settled have recently gained keen attention of scholars in the recent time. It is instructive that this Gospel does not identify its author as John. 1 Recent scholarship has called into question the belief that Apostle John is the author of the Gospel attributed to him. John’s Gospel is generally regarded as the last of the four canonical Gospels to be written. Keywords: Gospel, Jesus Christ, John and New Testament. Far beyond these observations, the cardinality of this book to the whole Canon of the New Testament cannot be discarded however, modern and recent scholarship engagement of John’s gospel brings the authorship issue in to lime light. John’s Gospel is well known and oft-quoted texts as: “God so loved the world that he gave his only son that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life”, “Jesus wept,” among others.
Recent observations have shown that regular many Christians (even ordinary Church goers) have their favourite scripture quotations of the New Testament in the Gospel of John. Plausible and Argued Characters: “The Beloved Disciple”Īrguments for Apostle John as ‘the Beloved Disciple’