ID: 901001658 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001658	Record Type: Literature

	Gospel of Saint John (Bible, sacred text)

Note: Fourth canonical gospel in the New Testament, placed after the synoptic gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. It begins with the witness and affirmation of John the Baptist and concludes with the death, burial, resurrection, and post-resurrection appearances of Jesus. The authori is traditionally St. John. Scholars do not agree on the author, but believe this gospel, the three Johannine epistles, and the Book of Revelation are a single corpus.

Names:

	Gospel of Saint John (Bible, sacred text) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Gospel of St. John (Bible, sacred text) (English,U,P)
	Gospel of John (Bible, sacred text) (English,U,P)
	Gospel according to John (Bible, sacred text) (English,U,P)
	Τὸ κατὰ Ἰωάννην εὐαγγέλιον (Bible, sacred text) (Greek-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: Philosophy, Religion> (P)
		............Bible (sacred literature, Judeo-Christian) (I)
		................Bible, New Testament (Biblical books, sacred texts) (P)
		....................Gospels (Bible, sacred text) (I)
		........................Gospel of Saint John (Bible, sacred text) (I)

Related Iconography:

	author is .... John, the Apostle, Saint
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian characters, John, the Apostle, Saint (Christian character)) [901001232]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... religious text
	.....(documents by function, document genres, information forms (objects), Information Forms (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... gospel
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Christian
	.....(Abrahamic religions, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Gospel of Saint John (Bible, sacred text)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	Gospel of St. John (Bible, sacred text)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	Gospel of John (Bible, sacred text)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	Gospel according to John (Bible, sacred text)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Τὸ κατὰ Ἰωάννην εὐαγγέλιον (Bible, sacred text)
	................Scrivener and Ambrose, Criticism of the New Testament (1883)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)