Did Jesus Commit a Fallacy?

Jesus has been accused of committing a fallacy (of denying the antecedent) at John 8:47. Careful analysis of this text (1) reveals a hitherto unrecognized valid fonn of argument which can superficially look like the predicate-logic analogue of denying the antecedent; (2) shows that detennining whether a published text can be fairly charged with committing a fallacy may require (but often does not get) extensive and detailed analysis; (3) …