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{{Essay By|LT}}

{{Essay By|LT}}

Seldom in history, it appears, has the [[Gospel of John]] been evaluated in Christian theological discourse as a Judaic writing in the Bible. Ill-faith antisemitic agitators and rabbinic Jews alike have propagated the notion that the Fourth Gospel is inherently a polemic against Judaism and "the Jews." Yet a nuanced analysis of the full story yields the diametrically opposite conclusion especially if the time context is taken into account.

Seldom in history, it appears, has the [[Gospel of John]] been evaluated in [[Christian]] theological discourse as a Judaic writing in the [[Bible]]. Ill-faith antisemitic agitators and rabbinic Jews alike have propagated the notion that the Fourth Gospel is inherently a polemic against Judaism and "the Jews." Yet a nuanced analysis of the full story yields the diametrically opposite conclusion especially if the time context is taken into account.

Church history, if I recall properly, pinpoints the penmanship of John's Gospel account to cir. 97 A.D., shortly after the last surviving Apostle was released from his exile at the island of Patmos. Towards the end of the Apostolic Era, false teachings in Christianity rapidly spread as the firsthand disciples of Jesus Christ were—one by one—martyred. Paul warned in the Acts of the Apostles:

Church history, if I recall properly, pinpoints the penmanship of John's Gospel account to cir. 97 A.D., shortly after the last surviving Apostle was released from his exile at the island of Patmos. Towards the end of the Apostolic Era, false teachings in Christianity rapidly spread as the firsthand disciples of Jesus Christ were—one by one—martyred. Paul warned in the Acts of the Apostles: