tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24215087.post7716862878450486444..comments2023-05-14T07:51:18.017-05:00Comments on The Suburban Christian: Cultural reasons for the absence of John 8Al Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04407264726681695790noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24215087.post-46614640104718677902008-07-11T00:20:00.000-05:002008-07-11T00:20:00.000-05:00FROM REAL LIVE PREACHERI like the story too. And I...FROM REAL LIVE PREACHER<BR/><BR/>I like the story too. And I preach from it. But I fear that argument is a little weak. Or at least we ought to note that it is a good idea with no evidence. This is not your area of expertise or anything, nor mine. So this is just a humble opinion. What is known is that this story does not appear in a single ancient manuscript before a date (I think) in the middle ages. Not one.<BR/><BR/>Any reason for why that might be is purely a guess. So this is just a guess. Someone said, "Maybe people just didn't want it there."<BR/><BR/>As much as I want that to be true, it is just a wild guess. There is however some other evidence that is nice to know about. I can't remember where I read this. Probably in a textual criticism class in seminary and it has been years ago. But I think this passage has shown up in other places in John. And even (once maybe) in a version of Luke. That suggests it might have been a "floating pericope," a floating piece of oral tradition (like all of the gospel pieces were once) that while it did not get into any of the gospel stories, was so meaningful that is simply would not die. People were grabbing it and shoving it between the pages of manuscripts where it got copied into the text, sometimes in various places of John but also maybe in Luke.<BR/><BR/>Again, I can't remember where I heard that so I feel it must be taken as hearsay, but I thought you might like the story.High Calling Blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17550448261242893649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24215087.post-87195887284178622332008-07-10T16:02:00.000-05:002008-07-10T16:02:00.000-05:00This is a great thought. I love Ken Bailey's Poet...This is a great thought. I love Ken Bailey's Poet & Peasant/Through Peasant Eyes, and his new book has been starting at me from my "To Read" shelf.Michealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05082483107982001471noreply@blogger.com