The Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John, and the Literacy of Jesus
Author | : Chris Keith |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2009 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789004173941 |
ISBN-13 | : 9004173943 |
Rating | : 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: 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.