John: The Mundane Gospel and its Archaeology-Related Features
However, in addition to its theological features, the Fourth Gospel is also the most mundane of the gospels. John has more empirical (sensorily attributed) references, topographical details, and archaeologically attested features than all the other gospels combined—canonical and otherwise. This is an empirical fact, which creates upheaval among scholarly theories regarding John’s character, origin, and implications, as it must also be seen as the Mundane Gospel.
See Also: “On Biblical Forgeries and Imagined Communities—A Critical Analysis of Recent Criticism."
By Paul N. Anderson
Professor of Biblical and Quaker Studies
George Fox University
July 2020
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