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The Pericope of the Adulteress Reconsidered: The Nomadic Misfortunes of a Bold Pericope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2007

JOSEP RIUS-CAMPS
JOSEP RIUS-CAMPS
Affiliation:
Església St Pere de Reixac, Ap. 41, E-08110 MONTCADA I REIXAC, Barcelona, Spain
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Abstract

This article considers afresh the origin of the pericope of the adulteress, which is absent from some important manuscripts. Comparison of the witnesses to the text reveals that it has been preserved in two distinct forms, one (attested by Codex Bezae and the minuscules 2722 and 1071) that is Markan in style, and the other (attested by f13) that reproduces the style of Luke. The conclusion drawn is that the account was first composed by Mark (and placed after Mark 12.12) and subsequently adopted by Luke (after Luke 20.19). Because of the apparent moral leniency displayed by Jesus, the story would have been removed at an early date from both Gospels, and then later reinserted by some manuscripts but at different places.

Type
Research Article
Information
New Testament Studies , Volume 53 , Issue 3 , July 2007 , pp. 379 - 405
Copyright
© 2007 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

This article was first given as a paper in the Textual Criticism seminar of the SNTS General Meeting in Aberdeen, 2006.