Ciphers in the sand : interpretations of the woman taken in adultery (John 7.53-8.11) / edited by Larry J. Kreitzer and Deborah W. Rooke.
Contributor(s): Kreitzer, L. Joseph (Larry Joseph) | Rooke, Deborah W
Material type: TextSeries: Biblical seminar: 74.Publisher: Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, 2000Description: 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1841271411Subject(s): Bible. John -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Adultery -- Biblical teaching | Adultery in literature | Women in the BibleBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | John Bulow Campbell Library | 1 East | BS2615.6 .W65 C57 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0182902333414 |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction: the cultural reception of John 7.53-8.11 / Jane Shaw -- Wayward women and broken promises: marriage, adultery and mercy in Old and New Testaments / Deborah W. Rooke -- On the trail of a good story: John 7.53-8.11 in the Gospel tradition / J. Martin C. Scott -- A woman's plight and the Western Fathers / Thomas O'Loughlin -- A place for mercy: some allegorical readings of 'The woman taken in adultery' from the early Middle Ages (with particular reference to Bede, the Heliand and the Exeter Book) / Mark Atherton -- 'Revealing the affairs of the heart': sin, accusation and confession in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The scarlet letter / Larry J. Kreitzer -- The one that got away / Jayne Scott -- Making her case and reading it too: feminist readings of the story of the woman taken in adultery / Elizabeth E. Green.