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

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9789047440192 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9047440196 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9789004173941 (cloth)
ISBN: 9004173943 (cloth)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xvi, 320 pages) : illustrations.
Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-290) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Foreword (Helen K. Bond); Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction The Most Popular Story in the Gospels; Chapter One A History of Research on John 8.6, 8; Chapter Two Speaking of Writing:?ata??af? and??ap? in Hellenistic, Jewish, and New Testament Contexts; Chapter Three Writing and Gradations of Literacy; Chapter Four Scribal Literacy in the New Testament World: The Scribes (and Pharisees) as Text-Brokers; Chapter Five The Pericope Adulterae at John 7.53-8.11: The Location; Chapter Six The Pericope Adulterae at John 7.53-8.11: The Preceding Context of John 7.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.