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===Johannine works===
{{Main|Authorship of the Johannine works}}
The Gospel of John, the three [[Johannine epistles]], and the [[Book of Revelation]], exhibit marked similarities, although more so between the gospel and the epistles (especially the gospel and 1 John) than between those and Revelation.{{sfn|Van der Watt|2008|p=1}} Most scholars therefore treat the five as a single corpus of [[Johannine literature]], albeit not from the same author.{{sfn|Harris|2006|p=479}}

Burkett argues the gospel went through two or three "editions" before reaching its current form around AD 90–110, though more recent scholars tend to be less interested in theories about hypothetical editions or sources of the gospel.{{sfn|Edwards|2015|p=ix}}{{sfn|Lincoln|2005|p=18}}<ref name=":2" /> It speaks of an unnamed "disciple whom Jesus loved" as the source of its traditions, but does not say specifically that he is its author except in John 21, which is widely viewed as a later addition;{{sfn|Burkett|2002|p=214}}<ref name=":2" />  Christian tradition identifies this disciple as the [[apostle John]], but while this idea still has supporters, for a variety of reasons the majority of modern scholars have abandoned it or hold it only tenuously.{{sfn|Lindars|Edwards|Court|2000|p=41}} It is significantly different from the synoptic gospels, with major variations in material, theological emphasis, chronology, and literary style, sometimes amounting to contradictions.{{sfn|Burge|2014|pp=236–37}}

The author of the [[Book of Revelation]] identifies himself several times as "John".<ref>{{bibleverse|Rev. 1:1, 4, 9; 22:8|multi=yes}}</ref> and states that he was on [[Patmos]] when he received his first vision.<ref>{{Bibleref2|Rev.|1:9; 4:1–2||Rev.&nbsp;1:9;&nbsp;4:1–2}}</ref> As a result, the author is sometimes referred to as [[John of Patmos]]. The author has traditionally been identified with [[John the Apostle]] to whom the [[Gospel of John|Gospel]] and the [[epistles of John]] were attributed. It was believed that he was exiled to the island of Patmos during the reign of the [[Roman emperor]] [[Domitian]], and there wrote Revelation. [[Justin Martyr]] (c. 100–165 AD) who was acquainted with [[Polycarp]], who had been mentored by John, makes a possible allusion to this book, and credits John as the source.<ref>Justin Martyr. ''[[Dialogue with Trypho]]''. Chapter LXXXI.</ref> [[Irenaeus]] (c. 115–202) assumes it as a conceded point. According to the ''Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible'', modern scholars are divided between the apostolic view and several alternative hypotheses put forth in the last hundred years or so.<ref>Tenney, Merrill C., gen. ed. (2009). "Revelation, Book of the". ''Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible, Vol. 5 (Q–Z)''. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan.</ref> [[Ben Witherington]] points out that linguistic evidence makes it unlikely that the books were written by the same person.<ref>Witherington, Ben (2003). ''Revelation''. Cambridge University Press. p. 2.</ref>