• Director(s):

    MORDILLAT (GERARD), PRIEUR (Jérôme)

  • Producer(s):

    ARTE FRANCE, ARCHIPEL 33

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    1990

  • Language(s):

    German, English, French

  • Rights:

    NON-THEATRICAL, TV, VOD, DVD, INTERNET

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 ?