‘Young John evidently came from a fairly well-to-do family.’ Photo: Jesus and the Beloved Disciple, by John Giuliani, 1996
Who wrote the fourth Gospel? Elaine Miles considers
‘John, whoever he was, wrote good Classical Greek.’
by Elaine Miles
15th October 2021
When I read the commentaries of nineteenth and twentieth century scholars – even the more modern William Temple – it doesn’t seem to matter to them who wrote ‘John’s’ Gospel. They seem to find it of purely academic importance: here are the names, put them in a hat and draw one out. But when you read Shakespeare, it does matter that you know he was an actor, not just someone sitting at a desk. It colours our understanding of the text.
