Abstract
Abstract There is an iconic scene in John 8, in which Jesus is asked whether a woman who has been unfaithful to her husband should be put to death. The present chapter offers a new reading of this tense--and ultimately, redemptive--scene, beginning with the question of its literary origins. Although this scene is found in John, it seems to have originated outside the gospel. Textual critics have nevertheless concluded that it is a piece of very early Christian tradition which entered the gospel collection in its current position--namely, in John 8. This scene can therefore be treated in the context of John's gospel. And as chapter 10 has shown, this is not the only text in which Jesus boldly refuses to act as a political judge.
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