The New Testament’s fourth gospel, attributed to John, differs in themes, tone, theology, and essential details from the other three synoptic gospels. However, many of its themes are found in the Bible’s three epistles of John and the Book of Revelation (which was composed by an author named John). Together these books are called “Johannine literature” because of their association with the name John. While modern scholars have rejected the traditional idea that all these texts were written by the same figure, the historical apostle John, many propose that they emerged out of an early Christian “Johannine community.” John Hamer of Toronto Centre Place will look at what is known about the historical John, survey the Johannine literature, and sketch out what the Johannine community might have looked like.