John
8:1-11
- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary & sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- The Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
- Comparative texts about Sin and Justice from the Mishnah & Babylonian Talmud. At (Rutgers University Dept of Religion) Mahlon H. Smith's Into His Own: Perspective on the World of Jesus companion to the historical study of Christian texts.
- From Augustine's Tractates on John: Tractate XXXIII
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "Christ would not take upon himself the office of the civil magistrate: he was content to bring sinners to faith and repentance."
- From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
- "Christ neither found fault with the law, nor excused the prisoner's guilt; nor did he countenance the pretended zeal of the Pharisees. Those are self-condemned who judge others, and yet do the same thing."
- From
Wesley's
Notes.
- "If they spoke accurately, this must have been a woman, who, having been betrothed to a husband, had been guilty of this crime before the marriage was completed; for such only Moses commanded to be stoned. He commanded indeed that other adulteresses should be put to death; but the manner of death was not specified. Deut 22:23."
- From the
Commentary on the
Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "...if He said, Stone her, that would seem a stepping out of His province; if He forbade it, that would hold Him up as a relaxer of the public morals. But these cunning hypocrites were overmatched."
- From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- "Here is admonition; the condition of her final pardon. He is very merciful, but does not excuse sin."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- "Becoming Forgiving People," study guide for adults, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at) "Forgiveness," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2001.
- "Text, Canon, and the Woman Caught in Adultery," Tim Bulkeley, 5 Minute Bible (podcast).
-
"You Must Feel Good to Become Good," Lent
5,
Fr. Gerry Pierse, C.Ss.R., from Sundays Into
Silence: Reflections on the Sunday Gospels in the Light of Christian
. Claretian Publications.
- "How was Jesus different from the other religious leaders of his time? I think it was because of his capacity to be compassionately present to all sorts of people and to all kinds of situations."
-
Commentary
by Hall Harris at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- "The Law states that in the case of adultery, both the man and woman must be put to death (Lev. 20:10, Deut. 22:22). But the Law as quoted by the scribes and Pharisees said, "Moses commanded us to stone such women" (toiauvta", feminine pronoun). Why was reference to the adulterer omitted? Perhaps because one of their own number had agreed to trap the woman so that the controversy with Jesus could be provoked (how else could they have caught this woman so conveniently?)"
- Articles & Background:
- Pericope Adulterae, Wikipedia.
- "The Old Testament in the New: A Jewish Perspective," David Daube, in Appeasement or Resistance and Other Essays on New Testament Judaism. University of California Press, 1987. (Scroll down to "VII - He That Is Without Sin.")
- "Like Father Like Son. The Function of Abraham in Jn 8," Dr. Mary Coloe, Pacifica 1999.
- "The Narrative Function of Anonymity in Fourth Gospel Characterization," David R. Beck, Semeia 63: Characterization in Biblical Literature, 1993.
-
"Reading and
Writing in the Time of Jesus," Alan Millard, The University of
Liverpool. Bible and Interpretation, 2000.
- "What was the situation in first century Palestine? How widespread was writing?"
-
"Ethics
as Deconstruction, and, The Ethics of Deconstruction," David
J. A. Clines, On the Way to the Postmodern: Old Testament Essays
1967-1998.
- "What a deconstructive impulse-which I ascribe to the character Jesus-does in the matter of ethics is to call into question conventional ethics, especially those built into the fabric of society, and to hint at an ethic beyond ethics."
- "Jesus
and the Adulteress," A. Watson, Biblica 80 (1999). Abstract.
- "This essay responds to these factors by its defense of the suggestion that the woman is a re-married divorcee, at fault not with the Mosaic Law, but with the teaching of Jesus on divorce."
-
"The Goal of Public Humiliation is Protection of the Status Quo," Sandra
Schneiders, National Catholic Reporter, 1999.
- "One has to ask whether Jesus "confused the people" or even the woman herself by this refusal to clarify the intrinsic evil of her behavior and extract a self-condemnation before granting forgiveness, or his failure to publicly condemn the woman herself as a disgrace to Judaism."
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Aichele, George,
"Reading Jesus Writing," Biblical Interpretation, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Ballard, Bruce W.,
"The Death Penalty: God's Timeless Standard for the Nations?" Journal
of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Cory, Catherine,
"Wisdom's Rescue: A New Reading of the Tabernacles Discourse (John
7:1-8:59)," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gench, Frances Taylor, "John 7:53-8:11," Interpretation, 2009.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Meyer, Lauree Hersch,
"Jesus' Authority and Communal Crisis - John 8:3-11," Brethren Life
and Thought, 1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - O'Day, Gail R.,
"John 7:53-8:11: A Study in Misreading," Journal of Biblical
Literature, 1992.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wieser, Thomas,
"Community - Its Unity, Diversity and Universality," Semeia,
1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Aichele, George,
"Reading Jesus Writing," Biblical Interpretation, 2004.
- Sermons:
- "Neither Do I Condemn You," Sigurd Grindheim, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
- Father Andrew Greeley, Author, Priest, Sociologist: Background and Homily:
- With Children:
- "Embarrassed Bob Get Help," children's story by Larry Broding, word-sunday.com.
- "The Adulterous Woman," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
- Drama:
- "The First Stone," from A Certain Jesus by Jose Ignacio and Maria Lopez Vigil. Ideal for catechetical and liturgical dramatization of today's gospel. Claretian Publications. (Contains language that might be offensive to some.)
- "Who Are You?" Penny Hewlett, Drama Southwest.
- "Go and Sin No More," Maggi Normile and Jen Klunk, dramatix.
- "Not My Plan," William Ramsay, dramatix.
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art, John 8:6, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
- John 8:1-11, Liturgical Drawing, Maria d.c. Zamora, Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use these for free.")
- Clip Art: Woman Caught in Adultery, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World Mission Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: John 8:11. The Cyber Hymnal.
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of John
