What Bible scholars really think about John’s gospel you will probably never hear from your pastor/minister/priest

It is a curious fact that what scholars think of the historical value of John’s gospel is a million miles from what the man in the pew thinks:

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J.D.G. Dunn, The Evidence for Jesus. Philadelphia, PA: Westminster Press ,1985, pp. 31-32.

Dunn is a British New Testament scholar who was for many years the Lightfoot Professor of Divinity at the University of Durham. He is a minister of the Church of Scotland and a Methodist local preacher.



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