The Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John, and the Literacy of Jesus

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-26971-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Keith, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Historisch-Kritische Jesusforschung

Über Autor(innen)

Chris Keith, Ph.D. (2008), University of Edinburgh, is Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London