Description: Further DetailsTitle: To Cast the First StoneCondition: NewSubtitle: The Transmission of a Gospel StoryAuthor: Jennifer Knust, Tommy WassermanFormat: PaperbackISBN-10: 0691203121EAN: 9780691203126ISBN: 9780691203126Publisher: Princeton University PressGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityRelease Date: 01/14/2020Description: The story of the woman taken in adultery features a dramatic confrontation between Jesus and the Pharisees over whether the adulteress should be stoned as the law commands. In response, Jesus famously states, “Let him who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” To Cast the First Stone traces the history of this provocative story from its first appearance to its enduring presence today.Likely added to the Gospel of John in the third century, the passage is often held up by modern critics as an example of textual corruption by early Christian scribes and editors, yet a judgment of corruption obscures the warm embrace the story actually received. Jennifer Knust and Tommy Wasserman trace the story’s incorporation into Gospel books, liturgical practices, storytelling, and art, overturning the mistaken perception that it was either peripheral or suppressed, even in the Greek East. The authors also explore the story’s many different meanings. Taken as an illustration of the expansiveness of Christ’s mercy, the purported superiority of Christians over Jews, the necessity of penance, and more, this vivid episode has invited any number of creative receptions. This history reveals as much about the changing priorities of audiences, scribes, editors, and scholars as it does about an “original” text of John.To Cast the First Stone calls attention to significant shifts in Christian book cultures and the enduring impact of oral tradition on the preservation—and destabilization—of scripture.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 235mmItem Length: 156mmRelease Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: To Cast the First Stone
Title: To Cast the First Stone
Subtitle: The Transmission of a Gospel Story
ISBN-10: 0691203121
EAN: 9780691203126
ISBN: 9780691203126
Release Date: 01/14/2020
Release Year: 2020
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: To Cast the First Stone : the Transmission of a Gospel Story
Number of Pages: 464 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Topic: Christianity / History, Christian Theology / General, Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament, Biblical Studies / New Testament
Item Height: 1.2 in
Publication Year: 2020
Genre: Religion
Item Weight: 25.1 Oz
Author: Jennifer Knust, Tommy Wasserman
Item Length: 9.1 in
Item Width: 7.4 in
Format: Trade Paperback
