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There was a time, fifty or sixty years ago, when biblical scholars regarded the Gospel of John as a 2nd-century theological interpretation of the life of Jesus using the language and thought-forms of Hellenistic philosophy. They thought of it as a kind of extended sermon, with no real connection with reliable traditions about Jesus as he actually lived and taught.
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Drane, J. (1997). Introduction. In: Drane, J. (eds) The Gospel of St John. The Classic Bible Books Series. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-04120-3_1
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