| The Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John, and the Literacy of Jesus Contributor(s): Keith, Chris (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004173943 ISBN-13: 9789004173941 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $193.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2009 Annotation: This book offers a new interpretation and transmission history of the "Pericope Adulterae," arguing that the an interpolator placed the story at John 7.53-8.11 in order to highlight the claim that Jesus could write (John 8.6, 8) in light of a careful reading of John's Gospel. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | Biblical Studies - Exegesis & Hermeneutics |
| Dewey: 226.506 |
| LCCN: 2009006844 |
| Series: New Testament Tools, Studies and Documents |
| Physical Information: 336 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Although consistently overlooked or dismissed, John 8.6, 8 in the Pericope Adulterae is the only place in canonical or non-canonical Jesus tradition that portrays Jesus as writing. After establishing that John 8.6, 8 is indeed a claim that Jesus could write, this book offers a new interpretation and transmission history of the Pericope Adulterae. Not only did the pericope's interpolator place the story in John's Gospel in order to highlight the claim that Jesus could write, but he did so at John 7.53-8.11 as a result of carefully reading the Johannine narrative. The final chapter of the book proposes a plausible socio-historical context for the insertion of the story. |