OPPONENTS
of John 8:1-11


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Last Updated: Oct 31, 2009
Opponents of John 8:1-11
1848S. Davidson Pt I- Textual Evidence
S. Davidson Pt II- Linguistic Evidence
1848J. S. Porter - textual evidence
1854S. P. Tregelles - textual evidence
1863H. B. Alford Pt I - textual evidence
H. B. Alford Pt II- Nicolson's review
1872 J.B. Lightfoot - selling the RV
1875 H. Meyer - blinded by text.evid.
1883 A. Edersheim - old historicity args.
1886 Schaff - selling RV again
1887 B.B. Warfield - implausible proposal
1891 B. F. Westcott - distances himself
1896 F. J. A. Hort Pt. I - Textual Evidence
F. J. A. Hort Pt. II - (coming soon)
F. J. A. Hort Pt. III - Overview & notes
1901Nestle - self-promotion
1908Schmiedel - doesn't know John
1909T. Zahn - inadequate treatment
1921G.H. Box - damage control?
1930Streeter - confused & footnoted
1957R.H. Lightfoot - a sales pitch
1965U. Becker - oft cited dismissal
1971B. Metzger - propaganda piece
1984G. Burge - same old claims refuted
1993G. D. Fee - Why Hort's text?
1995L. Morris - out of date fluff
1997D. Parker - unscientific trash
2001W. H. Harris - see NETBIBLE (2007)
2002S. Wagner - amateur refuted
2002S. Harstine - disappointing drivel
2002D. A. Carson - admits shady argument
2004M. Marlowe - trying to dump St. Aug.
2006B. Ehrmann - wild deception
2007NETBIBLE - borrowed from Harris!
2007D. Wallace - seeking co-dependants
2008Christianity Today - Wallace's mouthpiece


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A textual critic 'cites' a part of Origen's commentary that doesn't exist, to support his argument against John 8:1-11! In passing, he also dismisses internal evidence against the passage.

Tregelles (1854) on John 8:1-11 - textual evidence


The most commonly quoted statement against the authenticity of John 8:1-11 is shown to be an unscientific and inaccurate bit of propaganda.

B. Metzger (1971) on John 8:1-11 ANNOTATED


A self-confessed "agnostic" engages in a campaign of disinformation against the verses so as to discredit the Bible, but is caught repeatedly lying and perpetrating a deception, on National TV and Radio.

Ehrmann (2006) on John 8:1-11 - propaganda engine

Clumsy Commentators on John 8:1-11 - 8 fumbles: 0 scores
C. W. Hodge (1880) on Textual Critics - textual critics before the RV. new!
H. Osgood (1887) on 'scientific' Criticism - Jesus vs.19th cent. Criticism new!


Coming soon:
More on Hort & and the critical Greek Text
The Secret History of the Oxford Movement
Jesuit Subversion of English Protestantism
Freemasonry and "Modern" versions of the NT




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