Authorship of the Johannine works
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The authorship of the Johannine works (the Gospel of John, the Johannine epistles, and the Book of Revelation) has been debated by biblical scholars since at least the 2nd century AD. The debate focuses mainly on the identity of the author(s), as well as the date and location of authorship of these writings.
Although authorship of all of these works has traditionally been attributed to John the Apostle, most scholars theorize that he wrote none of them, though the tradition still has many modern defenders. Although some scholars conclude the author of the epistles was different from that of the gospel, most scholars agree that all three epistles are expressed by the same author or school of thought.
A growing number of scholars have challenged the idea of a Johannine community, citing the lack of evidence for such a community, and there is no consensus among scholars today.
John's Gospel was likely written in Ephesus, c. 90–100 AD. In the case of Revelation, many modern scholars theorize that it was composed by a separate author, John of Patmos, c. 95, with some parts possibly dating to Nero's reign in the early 60s.