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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Publié dans:New Testament studies
Auteur principal: Keith, Chris 1980- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Cambridge Univ. Press 2010
Dans: New Testament studies
Année: 2010, Volume: 56, Numéro: 1, Pages: 44-63
Sujets non-standardisés:B John 7.15
B Social Memory
B Historical Jesus
B Literacy
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Résumé: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.
ISSN:1469-8145
Contient:Enthalten in: New Testament studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0028688509990130