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Scholars have long argued that the Gospel of John -- named after Jesus\' disciple John the Son of Zebedee -- was in fact written by someone else. Only later in Christian tradition was it ascribed to John. In that view, the author himself is not a "forger" -- that is, he did not claim to be a famous person knowing he was someone else. The book was *anonymous*: the author never names himself and so can\'t be blamed for later readers mistaking his identity. But in fact *is* there evidence that the author wanted his readers to think he was one of Jesus\' closest disciples, and that he left hints for them in the book. If so -- and if he wasn\'t who he intimated he was -- isn\'t John a forgery?