The Fourth Gospel says that the Beloved Disciple
testified and wrote the Gospel. However, BD is not
clearly identified in the Gospel. Accordingly,
making the identity of BD clear may be meaningful.
One approach of previous research focused on whether
BD is John the apostle or another disciple. The
other approach focused on the function of the
chracterization of BD. There was a gap between the
two approaches. The former was not concerned with
the characterization of BD, while the latter not
with the identity of BD. However, this researcher
seeks to fill this gap, in addition to...