2 John
Home > New Testament > 2 John 2 John At a Glance Letter Genre: (2/5) ** Reliability of Dating: (1/5) * Length of Text: Greek Original Language: Ancient Translations: Modern Translations: English Estimated Range of Dating: 90-120 A.D. Chronological List of Early Christian Writings Discuss this text on the Early Writings forum. Text American Standard Version King James Version World English Bible Resources e-Catena: References to the New Testament in the Church Fathers Patristic References to 2nd John Edgar Goodspeed: The Epistles of John Offsite Links Perseus NT (English/Greek/Latin) How to Live In the Truth : An EasyEnglish Commentary NAB Introduction An Introduction to the New Testament: The Johannine Epistles IVP Commentary Books Burton L.
Mack, Who Wrote the New Testament? : The Making of the Christian Myth (San Francisco, CA: HarperCollins, 1996), pp. 215-222. Raymond Edward Brown, An Introduction to the New Testament (New York: Doubleday, 1997), pp. 395-400. Udo Schnelle, translated by M. Eugene Boring, The History and Theology of the New Testament Writings (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1998), pp. 439-446. Colin G. Kruse, The Letters of John (Wm. B. Eerdmans 2000). Howard I. Marshall, Epistles of John (Wm. B. Eerdmans 1994). Recommended Books for the Study of Early Christian Writings Information on 2 John As Kummel states (Introduction to the New Testament, p. 446): "No other NT letter, not even Phlm has so completely the form of a Hellenistic private letter as II and III John.
Both are real letters." Kummel also states (op. cit., p. 449): "II and III John were written by the same author. They use the same language, they agree in their length and in their epistolary form (address, introduction, conclusion). In the heading they carry the same distinctive self-designation: o presbuteroV." Concerning this title, Kummel writes (op. cit., p. 451): "There are therefore two possibilities: either a man unknown to us who was perhaps a member of the presbyterion (cf. I Tim 4:14) bore this title in some special sense without our being able to know anything more certain about him, or o presbuteroV is a reference to the fact that this man belonged to the circle of 'those presbyters' whom Papias and Irenaeus and Clement present as guardians and bearers of the apostolic tradition." The question of whether this author is to be identified with the presbyter John mentioned by Papias cannot be answered with any certainty.
The earliest attestation for II John comes from Irenaeus, and the Muratorian Canon accepts two letters of John only. Because the author appears to stand in the Johannine tradition that is thought to have flourished in the first quarter of the second century, II and III John have been dated to the same time period. Some Contemporary Texts Christian Sibyllines (80-250 A.D.) Revelation (90-95 A.D.) Gospel of John (90-120 A.D.) 1 John (90-120 A.D.) 2 John (90-120 A.D.) 3 John (90-120 A.D.) Epistle of Jude (90-120 A.D.) Flavius Josephus (93 A.D.) 1 Timothy (100-150 A.D.) Go to the Chronological List of all Early Christian Writings Please buy the CD to support the site, view it without ads, and get bonus stuff!
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