Die Afrikaanse Protestantse Akademie Biblioteek

Discusses the authorship of the Johannine literature.

"First published in 1938."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-213).

An insoluble enigma? -- The 'preface to the Christian Reader' and the Ancient Bio-Bibliographical Librarian's notes -- The Earliest Gospel prefaces and Summaries discovered by Dom de Bruyne -- Breves Fortunatiani -- Fortunatian's Sources -- The Greek and the Latin Texts of the Anti-Marcionite Prologue to Luke -- Heretic and Catholic Second-Century Testimonies concerning John of Ephesus -- The Leucian 'Acts of John' on the beloved disciple of Jesus -- Bishop Polycrates of Ephesus on the Ephesian John -- 'John of the High-Priestly Kin' in Acts IV.6 and in Flavius Josephus' 'Jewish War' -- Pseudo-Hilarius Africanus on St. John - The Boy in Jesus' arms -- The two traditions about the Evangelist John -- Thhe martyrdom of the two sons of Zebedee in the earliest matyrologies and lectionaries -- Literary testimonies for the martyrdom of Zebedaid John -- John killed by King Herod in Jewish Tradition -- The original text of Acts XII.2 -- The meeting of Paul and John the 'Pillar' in Galatians and in the Acts -- The true text of Gal. II.9 and the alleged confusion of the two Jameses by Irenaeus -- The chronology of Galatians and the true date of the crucifixion -- The Martyrdom of the two witnesses in Rev. xi.3-11 -- Rev. i.9, Referring to the Zebedaid John deported under the Emperor Claudius -- The World-wide congratulations in Rev. xi.10 and the historic date of the Zebediads' execution -- The source of Rev. xi.13, the Date of the Oracle Rev. x.i-xi.2 and the original meaning of the Two Murdered Witnesses -- The 'Apocalypse of John' - A pseudepigraphic writing by the Gnostic Cerinthus -- The 144,000 'Virgins' in Rev. xiv.4 and the 'Virgin' John of the Leucian Acts -- St. John goeing to sleep in his tomb -- St. John's grave and the dust rising out of it - Archaeological evidence for a miracle legend -- The two tombs of St. John in Ephesus -- The confusion of the two Johns -- The identifications of John the Son of Zebedee with John Mark and with John the Evangelist in Pseudo-hippolytus -- Papias on the Apocalypse of John and the Fourth Gospel -- The quotation from Papias in Fortunatian's preface to the Gospel of John -- Papias 'The beloved disciple of John' -- Who wrote the Gospel dictated by John? -- The Punctuator and Emendator of Fortunatian's Prologue - The Presbyter Patricius of Ravenna, instructed by Bishop Ecclessius -- The restored witness of Papias and the Internal Evidence of the Fourth Gospel -- The date of the Fourth Gospel and of the First Epistle of John -- Traces of Marcionism in the Gospel of John -- The Gospel 'published during the lifetime of John' and the Author's Super- and Subscription -- St. John witnessing the Testimony of the Beloved Disciple -- John the Evangelist - an eyewitness of the arrest of Jesus. 'The High-priests' present at the crucifixion -- The Fourth Evangelist identified