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To Cast the First Stone - The Transmission of a Gospel Story (Hardcover)
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To Cast the First Stone - The Transmission of a Gospel Story (Hardcover)
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The story of the woman taken in adultery features a dramatic
confrontation between Jesus and the Pharisees over whether the
adulteress should be stoned as the law commands. In response, Jesus
famously states, "Let him who is without sin be the first to throw
a stone at her." To Cast the First Stone traces the history of this
provocative story from its first appearance to its enduring
presence today. Likely added to the Gospel of John in the third
century, the passage is often held up by modern critics as an
example of textual corruption by early Christian scribes and
editors, yet a judgment of corruption obscures the warm embrace the
story actually received. Jennifer Knust and Tommy Wasserman trace
the story's incorporation into Gospel books, liturgical practices,
storytelling, and art, overturning the mistaken perception that it
was either peripheral or suppressed, even in the Greek East. The
authors also explore the story's many different meanings. Taken as
an illustration of the expansiveness of Christ's mercy, the
purported superiority of Christians over Jews, the necessity of
penance, and more, this vivid episode has invited any number of
creative receptions. This history reveals as much about the
changing priorities of audiences, scribes, editors, and scholars as
it does about an "original" text of John. To Cast the First Stone
calls attention to significant shifts in Christian book cultures
and the enduring impact of oral tradition on the preservation-and
destabilization-of scripture.
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