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The '''Beloved Disciple''' is a character in the [[Gospel of John]], traditionally identified with [[John]].
 
==Overview==
 
The ''Beloved Disciple'' is usually regarded as the author of the Fourth Gospel and identified with Jesus' disciple [[John|John son of Zebedee]] and [[John of Patmos]], the author of [[Revelation]]. However, there is no reliable corroboration of these notions from extra-biblical sources and even the Bible itself never identifies either the 'beloved disciple' nor the author of the Fourth Gospel. Therefore, it is unsafe to equate the Beloved Disciple with John the son of Zebedee, or [[John of Patmos]], or any other known figures. More likely, it seems, is the belief that the Gospel and the Epistles and the Revelation all flow from a 'Johannine School' of theology. [[R. Alan Culpepper]] is perhaps the best known representative of this line of thought.
 
==The Beloved Disciple in Scholarship==
 
There have been as many attempts to identify the [[Beloved Disciple]] as there have been commentaries on the [[Gospel of John]].
 
In 1985, James H. Charlesworth argued that the Beloved Disciple should be identified with the disciple [[Thomas]]. Other scholars (Eller, Waejen, and most recently, Ben Witherington III [see http://benwitherington.blogspot.com/2007/01/was-lazarus-beloved-disciple.html]) have seen in [[Lazarus]] a more likely candidate. None of the suggested hypotheses has gained consensus.
 
Most recently, [[The Gospel of John (2010 Michaels), book]] goes into the various possibilities (see pp. 17ff). Ramsey maintains that the [[Beloved Disciple]] is not [[Andrew]], [[Philip]], [[Nathaniel]], [[Judas Iscariot]], [[Thomas]], [[Lazarus]], [[Mary]], [[Martha]], Judas-not-Iscariot, [[Mary Magdalene]], or a son of Zebedee.  He was male, but other than that, he remains anonymous. Ramsey concludes his discussion on the identity of the [[Beloved Disciple]] as putative author of the [[Fourth Gospel]] as follows: ... ''he tells his story freely, yet... he retains his privacy, a privacy that even the most inquisitive commentator will do well to respect'' (p. 24).
 
==The Beloved Disciple in Fiction==
 
Fictional accounts on the Beloved Disciple have usually followed the traditional story of [[John]]. However, in recent years, the character seems to have take a life of his own (see, notably, [[The Beloved Disciple and the House of Hippo (2001 Harwood), novel]]). 
 
In 2000 James Twyman produced a musical CD which was titled '''The Order of the Beloved Disciple''', with tracks including, 1. Our Lady Of The Universe; 2. The Hail Mary; 3. Ave Maria; 4. Fr. Joso's Prayer; & 5. The Message.  ''John, The Beloved Disciple'' by Dan Palmer was produced in 2008 and is another musical rendition relating to the Beloved Disciple.
 
After the pioneering [[Corpus Christi (1998 McNally), play]], the [[Beloved Disciple]] has an established status in contemporary gay culture. [[Jesus in Love (2006 Cherry), novel]], and [[The Gay Disciple (2007 Henson), novel]] are among the fictional retellings of the Jesus story to present the [[Beloved Disciple]] as a young male homosexual.
 
==Related categories==
*[[John]] / [[John of Patmos]]
 
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disciple_whom_Jesus_loved Wikipedia]




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