ENGLISH

From Text to Performance: Narrative and Performance Criticisms in Dialogue and Debate

By Kelly R. Iverson

Book information

Publisher
Wipf and Stock Publishers
Year
2014
ISBN
9781630876081, 9781625649874
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1141390 bytes)
Series
Biblical Performance Criticism #10
Pages
240\0
Time added
2022-12-22 00:03:08
Religion

Description

For the last two centuries biblical interpretation has been guided by perspectives that have largely ignored the oral context in which the gospels took shape. Only recently have scholars begun to explore how ancient media inform the interpretive process and an understanding of the Bible. This collection of essays, by authors who recognize that the Jesus tradition was a story heard and performed seeks to reevaluate the constituent elements of narrative, including characters, structure, narrator, time, and intertextuality. In dialogue with traditional literary approaches, these essays demonstrate that an appreciation of performance yields fresh insights distinguishable in many respects from results of literary or narrative readings of the gospels.

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