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Canon

Text, canon, and the woman caught in adultery

2007-11-28
By: tim
On: November 28, 2007
In: Canon, John, Textual criticism

The pericope in John 7:53-8:11 is a fascinating test case in the interaction of text criticism and canon. Both the history of canon, and textual criticism seem dull and unexciting. Yet here they combine into a detective story or a theological conundrum that contributes to making the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy conflict with most Christian preachers’ practice! In this post I won’t address the detective story. But I will discuss this passage as a hint that we need a supple and flexible view of Scripture to deal “properly” with this passage. Note 1. The word “pericope” is transliterated from Greek, it is used inRead More →

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