The Pericope of the Adulteress in Contemporary Research

by David Alan Black (Editor), Jacob N. Cerone (Editor)

Overview

The contributors to this volume (J.D. Punch, Jennifer Knust, Tommy Wasserman, Chris Keith, Maurice Robinson, and Larry Hurtado) re-examine the Pericope Adulterae (John 7.53-8.11) asking afresh the question of the paragraph's authenticity. Each contributor not only presents the reader with arguments for or against the pericope's authenticity but also with viable theories on how and why the earliest extant manuscripts omit the passage.

Readers are encouraged to evaluate manuscript witnesses, scribal tendencies, patristic witnesses, and internal evidence to assess the plausibility of each contributor's proposal. Readers are presented with cutting-edge research on the pericope from both scholarly camps: those who argue for its originality, and those who regard it as a later scribal interpolation. In so doing, the volume brings readers face-to-face with the most recent evidence and arguments (several of which are made here for the first time, with new evidence is brought to the table), allowing readers to engage in the controversy and weigh the evidence for themselves.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780567665997
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	04/21/2016
Series:	The Library of New Testament Studies
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	478 KB

About the Author

David Alan Black is the Dr. M. O. Owens, Jr. Chair of New Testament Studies and Professor of New Testament and Greek at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA.

Jacob N. Cerone is finishing his ThM in New Testament Studies at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA, and will shortly begin PhD research in Munich, Germany.
David Alan Black is professor of New Testament and Greek at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA.
Jacob N. Cerone is a postgraduate student at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Foreword: Gary M. Burge, Wheaton College, USA
Preface: David Alan Black, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA
Introduction: Jacob N. Cerone, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA
1. The Piously Offensive Pericope Adulterae: J.D. Punch, City Church Denver, USA
2. The Strange Case of the Missing Adulteress: Tommy Wasserman, Ansgar Teologiske Høgskole, Kristiansand, Norway
3. “Taking Away From:" Patristic Evidence and the Omission of the Pericope Adulterae from John's Gospel: Jennifer Knust, Boston University, USA
4. The Pericope Adulterae: A Theory of Attentive Insertion: Chris Keith, St Mary's University Twickenham, UK
5. The Pericope Adulterae: A Johannine Tapestry with Double Interlock: Maurice Robinson, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA
6. The Pericope Adulterae: Where From Here?: Larry Hurtado, University of Edinburgh, UK
Bibliography
Indexes

Editorial Reviews

It is pleasing to have available in a single volume an overview of the most recent scholarship regarding the contentious story of the woman caught in adultery ... The volume is well edited and a valuable addition to the discussion.
Journal for the Study of the New Testament

This volume will prove to be the starting point for future discussions of the PA, and is highly recommended for research libraries as well as for all scholars working within text criticism or Fourth Gospel research.
Religious Studies Review

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