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

by Chris Keith · 2009

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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.

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