Reading Jesus writing
This essay explores the problematic story of the "woman taken in adultery" (John 7:53-8:11) in relation to logocentric structures that define the Gospel of John. Jesus's two acts of writing on the ground, unique to this story, point to texts that we cannot read and which are therefore...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2004
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Biblical interpretation
Year: 2004, Volume: 12, Issue: 4, Pages: 353-368 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
John
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Word
B John B Neutestamentliche Hermeneutik |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | This essay explores the problematic story of the "woman taken in adultery" (John 7:53-8:11) in relation to logocentric structures that define the Gospel of John. Jesus's two acts of writing on the ground, unique to this story, point to texts that we cannot read and which are therefore unable to signify. I suggest that Jesus's earthy texts do eventually appear in John's Gospel, where they reassure the reader that the Gospel has after all succeeded sufficiently in its task of signifying the incarnation of the pre-existent Word, even as they announce the inherent finitude and incompleteness of any text |
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| ISSN: | 0927-2569 |
| Contains: | In: Biblical interpretation
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