---
title: "John — Pericope of an Honor Contest"
description: "Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks talk about the cultural context of Jesus being confronted in the courts with the woman accused of adultery in John 8."
canonical: https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/273
published: 2022-04-07
---

# John — Pericope of an Honor Contest

The Woman Caught in Adultery

- Published: 2022-04-07T08:00:00.000Z
- Episode slug: `273`
- Episode number: 273
- Session: 6
- People: Brent Billings, Elle Grover Fricks

## Description

Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks talk about the cultural context of Jesus being confronted in the courts with the woman accused of adultery in John 8.

## Show notes

Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks talk about the cultural context of Jesus being confronted in the courts with the woman accused of adultery in John 8. Discussion Video for BEMA 273 The Daniel Scene Brent Could Not Remember (from April 1986) Hebrew Classes with Elle “John 7:53-8:11: A Study in Misreading” by Gail R. O’Day — JSTOR BEMA 82: The Text — When, Where, Who, and Why Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes by E. Randolph Richards and Richard James The Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John, and the Literacy of Jesus by Chris Keith “Earth Accuses Earth: Tracing What Jesus Wrote on the Ground” by Jennifer Knust and Tommy Wasserman — JSTOR To Cast the First Stone by Jennifer Knust and Tommy Wasserman

## Sources and machine-readable records

- [BEMA Podcast Explorer episode page](https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/273)
- [Official BEMA source page](https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/273)
- [Episode JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/episodes/273)
- [Audio](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7d8cc2be-fe66-43fb-ada4-e62e2f8c00e7/e739686c-66d9-4471-868e-3d4bd731c020.mp3)