(January 17, 2013 at 2:13 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/...tion.shtml
Quote:The author of the text tells us that his name is John. Christian tradition has taken him to be the apostle John, author of the Fourth Gospel. However, the John of Revelation does not claim to be one of the disciples or to have known Jesus.
Stylometric analysis, a process which analyses an author's style of writing, shows that the Book of Revelation and John's Gospel display more differences to each other than any other two books in the New Testament.
What scholars can say about the John of Revelation is that he was a significant figure in the early church in the Roman province of Asia Minor (modern day Turkey).
So not the apostle then. Just some random dude called John.
What an awesome article that was. My favourite part was the bit about 666/616 translating to Nero and Caligula respectively. It's a bit harsh to call them Beasts though *tut tut*.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
