The Beloved Disciple

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How old are the most ancient papyruses of the gospel according to John? Why have they all been found in Egypt and none in Palestine? Why were there hundreds of variations before the version we know today was settled on? What is the relationship between the gospel of John with those of Mark, Matthew, and Luke? Was the former dependent upon the latter, or on an independent source? One of Jesus' Apostles was called John, son of Zebedee. Did he write the fourth gospel known as "The Gospel According to John"? Was he the beloved disciple who appears in the text as the author of the gospel? Is there another figure hidden behind "the disciple beloved of Jesus"? Who was John, the "old" author of the epistles? And did the same hand that wrote the Apocalypse According to John write the gospel? Isn't the very notion of authorship misleading when considering this literature?