Category:Beloved Disciple (subject)

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The Beloved Disciple is a character in the Gospel of John, traditionally identified with John.

Overview

The Beloved Disciple is traditionally 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. John of Patmos also may, or may not be the son of Zebedee. Since our sources are not very specific about the patrimony of this author, suppositions concerning any putative connection to John son of Zebedee are speculative and nothing more. Therefore, it is unsafe to equate the Beloved Disciple with John the son of Zebedee, or John of Patmos. 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 ancient sources

Gospel of John

The Beloved Disciple in Scholarship

The Beloved Disciple in Fiction

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