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'This bold, original, and courageous reappraisal of The Johannine Epistles will forever change how we read these texts.' Candida Moss, Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology, University of Birmingham, UK 'Combining meticulous attention to textual details, reception history, and ancient pseudepigraphy, Hugo Méndez persuasively argues that the Johannine epistles are not works of any known early Christian, but literary creations with distinctive interpretations of John and its mysterious author. A provocative and engaging read!' Harold Attridge, Sterling Professor of Divinity Emeritus, Yale University 'Rejecting the notion of a Johannine community, Méndez argues that John's Epistles represent a lineage of falsely attributed works, each with its own authorial aims. As he canvasses the ancient evidence, Méndez mounts an argument with tremendous substance and explanatory power. A work of rare scholarly imagination and importance.' Christopher Skinner, Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity, Loyola University Chicago

'This bold, original, and courageous reappraisal of The Johannine Epistles will forever change how we read these texts.' Candida Moss, Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology, University of Birmingham, UK 'Combining meticulous attention to textual details, reception history, and ancient pseudepigraphy, Hugo Méndez persuasively argues that the Johannine epistles are not works of any known early Christian, but literary creations with distinctive interpretations of John and its mysterious author. A provocative and engaging read!' Harold Attridge, Sterling Professor of Divinity Emeritus, Yale University 'Rejecting the notion of a Johannine community, Méndez argues that the Johannine epistles represent a lineage of falsely authored works, each with its own compositional aims. As he canvasses the ancient evidence, Méndez mounts an argument with tremendous substance and explanatory power. A work of rare scholarly imagination and importance.' Christopher Skinner, Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity, Loyola University Chicago

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Hugo Méndez is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A scholar of the New Testament and Early Christianity, he is the author of The Gospel of John: A New History and The Cult of Stephen in Jerusalem, and co-author, with Bart Ehrman, of The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings, 8th edition.

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