Performing early Christian literature audience experience and interpretation of the Gospels

"Scholars of early Christian literature acknowledge that oral traditions lie behind the New Testament gospels. While the concept of orality is widely accepted, it has not resulted in a corresponding effort to understand the reception of the gospels within their oral milieu. In this book, Kelly...

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1. Verfasser: Iverson, Kelly R. (VerfasserIn)
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Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2021
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Zusammenfassung:"Scholars of early Christian literature acknowledge that oral traditions lie behind the New Testament gospels. While the concept of orality is widely accepted, it has not resulted in a corresponding effort to understand the reception of the gospels within their oral milieu. In this book, Kelly Iverson reconsiders the experiential context in which early Christian literature was received and interpreted. He argues that reading and performance are distinguishable media events, and, significantly, that they produce distinctive interpretive experiences for readers and audiences alike. Iverson marshals an array of methodological perspectives demonstrating how performance generates a unique experiential context that shapes and informs the interpretive process. Iverson's study explores the dynamic oral environment in which ancient audiences experienced the gospel stories. He shows why an understanding of oral performance has important implications for the study of the NT, as well as for several issues that have gone largely unquestioned by biblical scholars"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:x, 230 Seiten
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ISBN:9781316516225
978-1-316-51622-5