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    EVIDENCE FOR WHEN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN WAS WRITTEN          
             
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    SOURCE OF THE DATE WRITTEN   DATE WRITTEN  
BOOK Number Scholars     EARLY LATE AVERAGE  
John 1 Daniel L. Akin, Ph.D. A date of somewhere between A.D. 85 and 100 is reasonable.    85 100 92.5  
John 2 W.F. Albright, Ph.D. late AD 70's or early 80's, not after 90   75 85 80.0  
John 3 An Introduction to the New Testament, D.A. Carson Ph.D. & Douglas J. Moo, PhD  A.D. 80 to 85   80 85 82.5  
John 4 Apologetics Study Bible, Ted Cabal, Ph.D. Editor   90 99 94.5  
John 5 Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible, before 70 A.D.   69 69 69.0  
John 6 George R. Beasley-Murray, Ph.D. AD 80   80 80 80.0  
John 7 Believer's Bible Commentary, William McDonald, Ph.D. Arthur Forstad, Ph.D. A.D. 85 to 95   85 95 90.0  
John 8 Believer's Study Bible, W.A.Criswell, Ph.D., Editor, A.D. 80 to 95   80 95 87.5  
John 9 The Bible Knowledge Commentary, John Walvood, Ph.D., Roy Zuck, Ph.D. A.D. 85 to 95   85 95 90.0  
John 10 Blue Letter Bible, AD 90 to 100   90 100 95.0  
John 11 Raymond Brown, Ph.D. AD 75 to 85, re-edited 85 to 95   85 95 90.0  
John 12 Beauford H. Bryant, Ph.D. AD 85 to 95   85 95 90.0  
John 13 D.A. Carson, R.T. France, and G.J. Wenham, eds. New Bible Commentary: 21 Century Edition, 90 CE   90 90 90.0  
John 14 D.A. Carson, Ph.D. Pillar Commentary  AD 80   80 80 80.0  
John 15 M. G. Easton M. A., D. D., About AD 90   90 90 90.0  
John 16 James M. Efird, Ph.D. AD 90 to 95    90 95 92.5  
John 17 ESV Bible, Wayne Gruden General Editor   85 85 85.0  
John 18 ESV Study Bible, AD 89 to 95   89 95 92.0  
John 19 David A. Fiensy, Ph.D. AD 90   90 90 90.0  
John 20 Joseph A. Fitzmyer, Ph.D. AD 90   90 90 90.0  
John 21 Kenneth O. Gangel, Ph.D. Holman New Testament Commentary Just prior to A.D. 98   97 97 97.0  
John 22 Norman L. Geisler, Ph.D.  AD 90 to 95   90 95 92.5  
John 23 Robert H. Gundry, Ph.D. A.D. 90's   95 95 95.0  
John 24 Donald Guthrie, Ph.D. New Testament Introduction, 80 to 95 CE   80 95 87.5  
John 25 Gary R. Habernas, Ph.D.  A.D. 95   95 95 95.0  
John 26 William Hendriksen, Ph.D. AD 80 to 98   80 98 89.0  
John 27 A.E. Hill, Ph.D. AD 80 to 90   80 90 85.0  
John 28 Holman Bible Handbook, David S. Dockery, Ph.D. Editor   60 90 75.0  
John 29 Nelsen'sStudy Bible H.Wayne House, Th.D. J.D. Editor, A.D. 90   90 90 90.0  
John 30 R. Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, and D. Brown, eds.  AD 90 to 94   90 94 92.0  
John 31 B.P.W. Stather Hunt, Ph.D.  pre. AD 70   69 69 69.0  
John 32 Howard Clark Kee, Ph.D. AD 90   90 90 90.0  
John 33 Craig S. Keener, Ph.D. mid AD 90's   95 95 95.0  
Johm 34 Andreas J. Kostenberger, Ph.D.  A date after 81 A.D. is appropiate   82 82 82.0  
John 35 Mark S. Krause, Ph.D. AD 85-95   85 95 90.0  
John 36 Werner Georg Kummel, Ph.D. AD 90's   90 99 94.5  
John 37 Richard C.H. Lenski, D.D. between AD 75 and 100, probably 80 or 85   80 85 82.5  
John 38 John MacArthur, Ph.D. approximately AD 80 to 90   80 90 85.0  
John 39 K.E. Malberg, AD 89 to 90   89 90 89.5  
John 40 Bruce Metzger, Ph.D. AD 90   90 90 90.0  
John 41 Leon Morris, Ph.D. pre AD 70's   70 79 74.5  
John 42 Nelson's Complete Book of Bible Maps and Charts  A.D. 66 to 98   66 98 82.0  
John 43 Thomas Nelson's KJV Study Bible, Wayne A. Brindle, Th.D. Editor   85 85 85.0  
John 44 Nelson's NKJV Study Bible, Earl D. Radmacher, Th.D. General Editor   88 92 90.0  
John 45 S.L. Peterson, AD 90  Timeline Charts of the Western Church   90 90 90.0  
John 46 Reformation Study Bible, R.C. Sproul, Ph.D. General Editor,, A.D.90   90 90 90.0  
John 47 J.A.T. Robinson, Ph.D. AD 40 to 65   40 65 52.5  
John 48 T. Robinson, AD 90 to 95 The Bible Timeline   90 95 92.5  
John 49 Charles Caldwell Ryrie, Th.D., Ph.D., Ryrie Study Bible AD 85 to 90   85 90 87.5  
John 50 Stephen S. Smalley, Ph.D. AD 85   85 85 85.0  
John 51 William Smith, Ph.D. Smith's Bible Dictionary. A.D.78   78 78 78.0  
John 52 Carsten Peter Thiede, Ph.D. Prior to 70 AD Director of the Institute for Basic Epistemological Research in Paderborn, Germany    70 70 70.0  
John 53 Edward J. Tinsley, Ph.D. AD 95   95 95 95.0  
John 54 Joseph B. Tyson, Ph.D. AD 90 to 95  Professor emeritus of Religious Studies at SMU   90 95 92.5  
John 55 Merrill F. Unger, Ph.D. Th.D, A.D. 85 to 95   85 95 90.0  
John 56 Robert Utley, D.Min. before A.D. 70, Retired Professor ofo Hermeneutics   69 69 69.0  
John 57 Edwin Yamauchi, Ph.D.  Scholars have recently favored a date of A.D. 70s or 80's   75 85 80.0  
John 58 Franklin W. Young, Ph.D. AD 90   90 90 90.0  
John 59 The Woman's Study Bible, Dorothy Kelley Patterson, Ph.D. General Editor   80 95 87.5  
John 60 Willmington's Bible Handbook, Harold L. Willmington, Ph.D.   90 90 90.0  
John 61            
John 62            
John 63            
John 64            
John 65            
    Number Scholars   60 Average 86.5  
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