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

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-17394-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 38, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 686 g

Reihe: New Testament Tools, Studies and Documents

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 Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents
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: καταγÏάφω and γÏάφω 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
Chapter Seven: The 'Pericope Adulterae' at John 7.53–8.11: The Narrative
Chapter Eight: The 'Pericope Adulterae' at John 7.53–8.11: The (Divine) Grapho-Literacy of Jesus
Chapter Nine: The Historical Context for the Insertion of the 'Pericope Adulterae' into the Gospel of John: A Proposal
Conclusion: The 'Pericope Adulterae' in the Early Church
Bibliography

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.