Gospel of John - A New History

The Gospel of John reimagines the origins of the Gospel of John--one of the central scriptures of the Christian tradition. It argues that the book is a falsely authored work (pseudepigraphon), written in the persona of an invented disciple of Jesus. It lays out John's distinctive ideology and offers an exciting, new symbolic reading of its narrative. And in its later chapters, it argues that other works--among them, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, the Apocryphon of John, and Revelation--are also falsely authored works, written to co-opt the identity of this invented disciple.

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• 07/04/2025

About the author

Hugo Méndez is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, specializing in early Christianity. He is the author of The Cult of Stephen in Jerusalem: Inventing a Patron Martyr and co-author of The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings, 8th edition. He is also a frequent contributor to documentaries for History and other media outlets.

Product details

• Authors: Hugo (Associate Professor of Religious Stu Mendez, Hugo Méndez
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2025
• EAN: 9780197686126
• ISBN: 978-0-19-768612-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; RELIGION / Christianity / History, History of Religion, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Old Testaments