Welcome to the website of Dr Dean Furlong, PhD.
Who was the disciple of Jesus referred to by Papias of Hierapolis (early second century) as John the Elder? When was the Evangelist first identified with the Apostle John? How did various early narratives of John’s exile (Claudian, Neronian, Domitianic) and death (early martyrdom and natural death in old age) originate?
And how do we explain the apparent confusion of John the Evangelist with the John called Mark, the cousin of Barnabas, in ancient and medieval Christian sources?
These are the questions my research has sought to answer. Read an overview of my innovative reconstruction of the history of the Johannine tradition here.
John/Mark’s House: Site of Pentecost
Christian traditions placed the upper room of the Last Supper and Pentecost at Mark’s house
The Early Christians and the Dating of Revelation: Are We Too Late?
Sources do not support a Domitianic Dating
