Category:Beloved Disciple (subject)
The Beloved Disciple is a character in the Gospel of John, traditionally identified with John.
- This page is edited by James E. West, Quartz Hill School of Theology, United States of America.
Overview
The Beloved Disciple is usually regarded as the author of the Fourth Gospel and identified with Jesus' disciple 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.
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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.
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Pages in category "Beloved Disciple (subject)"
The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
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- The Beloved Disciple (1922 Garvie), book
- La communauté du disciple bien-aimé = The Community of the Beloved Disciple (1983 Brown / Godefroid), book (French ed.)
- La comunidad del discípulo amado = The Community of the Beloved Disciple (1983 @1979 Brown / Martínez Goñi), book (Spanish ed.)
- The Beloved Disciple: His Name, His Story, His Thought (1987 Eller), book
- Der Jünger, den Jesus liebte (1988 Kügler), book
- Peter and the Beloved Disciple (1989 Quast), book
- The Beloved Disciple: Witness against Anti-Semitism (1991 Kaufman), book
- The Secret Identity of the Beloved Disciple (1992 Grassi), book
- The Beloved Disciple (1995 Charlesworth), book
- The Gospel of the Beloved Disciple (1997 Carse), novel
- Corpus Christi (1998 McNally), play
- According to John: The Witness of the Beloved Disciple (1999 O'Grady), book
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- The Beloved Disciple and the House of Hippo (2001 Harwood), novel
- Befriending the Beloved Disciple (2001 Reinhartz), book
- John, Beloved Disciple (2001 Reymond), book
- The Gospel of the Beloved Disciple (2005 Waetjen), book
- Jesus in Love (2006 Cherry), novel
- The Beloved Disciple in Conflict?: Revisiting the Gospels of John and Thomas (2006 Dunderberg), book
- The Testimony of the Beloved Disciple (2007 Bauckham), book
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