1 and 2 Peter, 1, 2, and 3 John, Jude by Daryl Charles & Tom Thatcher

Author:Daryl Charles & Tom Thatcher [Charles, J. Daryl & Thatcher, Tom]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: REL006070 Religion / Biblical Commentary / New Testament
Publisher: Zondervan

b. The “School” Approach of Authorship

The traditional view has been challenged in recent years by those who see the Johannine literature as the product of a group of unknown teachers. These scholars prefer to think of a “Johannine school” rather than a single author. This “school” consisted of the founder of the Johannine community (“John”) and his disciples, who helped promote and develop his teaching. The identity of the founder of this school, perhaps the “Beloved Disciple” of the fourth gospel, cannot now be determined, but he probably died before the epistles were written (cf. Jn 21:20–23). The notion of a Johannine school has received significant support from the “developmental approach” to the composition of the Johannine literature. Advocates of the developmental approach believe that the fourth gospel was gradually “developed” through a series of revisions by “John,” and later by his disciples, to keep its material relevant to immediate community concerns. 1–2–3 John were written sometime during or just after the gospel’s development in response to a specific doctrinal crisis in the Johannine community. Most advocates of this position insist that the actual author(s) of 1–2–3 John was not a disciple of Jesus, although some believe that the founder of the community (“John”) may have had some contact with the historical Jesus. Most recent commentaries adopt some version of the Johannine school approach to explain the authorship of 1–2–3 John.1

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