Original sentence: However, most scholars agree that John is a very important document on Christian theology.Since the advent of critical scholarship, John's historical importance has been considered less significant than the synoptic traditions by some scholars.The scholars of the 19th century concluded that the Gospel of John had little historical value.The scholars of the Jesus Seminar still assert that there is little historical value in John, and consider nearly every Johannine saying of Jesus to be nonhistorical
Edited sentence: However, most scholars agree that John is a very important document on Christian theology, often more so than the synoptics.Since the advent of critical scholarship, John's historical importance has been considered less significant than the synoptic traditions.The scholars of the 19th century concluded that the Gospel of John had no historical value.The scholars of the Jesus Seminar assert that there is little historical value in John, and consider nearly every Johannine saying of Jesus to be nonhistorical