The Testimony Of The Beloved Disciple by Richard Bauckham

Narrative, History, and Theology in the Gospel of John

A collection of studies arguing that the Fourth Gospel rests on the eyewitness testimony of the “Beloved Disciple,” likely a Judean follower of Jesus, rather than on a later community tradition. It reassesses authorship, composition, and historical reliability through close readings of narrative features, names, geography, and memory. The result is a historically grounded account that links theology and testimony, challenging standard critical assumptions about how the Gospel originated.

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