Gospel of John Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Historical reliability=== {{More citations needed section|date=July 2021}}{{Further|Historicity of the Bible}} Jesus' teachings in the Synoptics greatly differ from those in the fourth gospel. Since the 19th century, scholars have almost unanimously accepted that the Johannine discourses are less likely to be historical than the synoptic parables, and were likely written for theological purposes.{{sfn|Sanders|1995|pp=57, 70β71}} Nevertheless, scholars generally agree that the fourth gospel is not without historical value. Some potential points of value include early provenance for some Johannine material, topographical references for [[Jerusalem]] and [[Judaea (Roman province)|Judea]], Jesus' crucifixion occurring prior to the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and Jesus' arrest in the [[Gethsemane|garden]] occurring after the accompanying deliberation of Jewish authorities.{{sfn|Theissen|Merz|1998|pp=36β37}}{{sfn|Brown|Fitzmyer|Murphy|1999|pp=815,1274}}{{sfn|Brown|1994|p=}} Recent scholarship has argued for a more favourable reappraisal of the historical value of the Gospel of John and its importance for the reconstruction of the historical Jesus, based on recent archaeological and literary studies.{{sfn|Charlesworth|Pruszinski|2019|pp=1β3}}{{sfn|Blomberg|2023|pp=179ff}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page