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The Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John, and the Literacy of Jesus
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The Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John, and the Literacy of Jesus Hardcover - 2009

by Chris Keith


From the publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From the rear cover

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.

Details

  • Title The Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John, and the Literacy of Jesus
  • Author Chris Keith
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Brill
  • Date 2009-06
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9789004173941 / 9004173943
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Library of Congress subjects Authorship - History, Literacy - Religious aspects - Christianity
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009006844
  • Dewey Decimal Code 226.506

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Citations

  • Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2009, Page 26

About the author

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