Pseudo-John

Pseudo-John is the name given to pseudepigraphical authors who wrote in the name of various early Christian church leaders named John to give their own works greater legitimacy. They include:

The name 'Pseudo-John' is not used for the authors of the Johannine works (the Gospel of John, the Epistles of John, and the Book of Revelation). The authors of some of these texts give their name as John, but did not write in the name of someone else.

References

  1. Thomas, David Richard, ed. (2007), The Bible in Arab Christianity, Leiden: Brill, p. 78, ISBN 978-90-04-15558-9
  2. Tischendorf, Constantin, ed. (1866), "Iohannis, Liber de dormitione Mariae", Apocalypses Apocryphae, Leipzig: Mendelssohn (repr. 1966, Hildesheim: Olms).
  3. John Haldane, Faithful Reason: Essays Catholic and Philosophical, p.97, 2004, Routledge, ISBN 9780415207034


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