The Claim of John 7.15 and the Memory of Jesus' Literacy
This article argues that John 7.15 claims neither literacy nor illiteracy for Jesus, but rather that Jesus was able to confuse his opponents with regards to his scribal literacy. According to the Johannine narrator, Jesus' opponents assumed he did not ‘know letters’, but also acknowledged that...
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Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2010
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New Testament studies
Έτος: 2010, Τόμος: 56, Τεύχος: 1, Σελίδες: 44-63 |
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
John 7.15
B Social Memory B Historical Jesus B Literacy |
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Παράλληλη έκδοση: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή
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Σύνοψη: | This article argues that John 7.15 claims neither literacy nor illiteracy for Jesus, but rather that Jesus was able to confuse his opponents with regards to his scribal literacy. According to the Johannine narrator, Jesus' opponents assumed he did not ‘know letters’, but also acknowledged that he taught as if he did. This article also suggests that the claim of John 7.15 is historically plausible in light of first-century Christianity's corporate memory(ies) of Jesus' literacy. |
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ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688509990130 |