The Other John: The Puzzle of The Fourth Gospel

Five Books of the New Testament bear the name John. But which John? That apparently simple question has puzzled readers and commentators since the earliest centuries of the Christian Church, and continues to puzzle readers today. Some commentators and scholars insist they know the answer. Others are skeptical of the many theories that have been proposed.

Some writers raise deep doubts about who the author of the Fourth Gospel was, and so they dismiss this Gospel as the very late invention o...