After discussing John chapter 9 (which is like one of those episodes in a TV series in which the actor playing the main character has some time off, and the show carries on without him) a student expressed interest in researching whether the reason for this unusual story, from which Jesus is mostly absent, might not be that it is autobiographical in some sense. It might not be that the author was healed in the manner depicted in the story, with this happening during the historical public activity of Jesus, but that the author living in a later time and attributed his\u00a0recovery from blindness\u00a0to Jesus, and\u00a0wrote himself into the story<\/a> I\u2019ve encountered so many different suggestions about who might have written the Fourth Gospel, but\u00a0don\u2019t recall\u00a0anyone having suggested that this nameless formerly blind man in chapter 9 might be responsible. If anyone knows of someone who has made this suggestion, please do let me know.<\/p>\n I\u2019d also be interested in any treatments of the practice of Greco-Roman authors regarding writing (or refraining from writing) themselves into the story.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00005JLRE\")
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