From Text to Performance
Narrative and Performance Criticisms in Dialogue and Debate
Published on 30. April 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-7188-9398-9 (ISBN)
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.
Reviews / Votes
"This is a strong collection of essays, showcasing the great range of insights of which performance criticism is capable."-Clement Grene, Reviews in Religion and Theology, Vol. 23 Iss. 2, April 2016
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
James Clarke & Co Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 153 mm
Weight
361 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7188-9398-9 (9780718893989)
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From Text to Performance
Narrative and Performance Criticisms in Dialogue and Debate
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From Text to Performance
Narrative and Performance Criticisms in Dialogue and Debate
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Person
Kelly R. Iverson is Associate Professor of New Testament at Baylor University. He is the author of 'Gentiles in the Gospel of Mark' (2007), and coeditor of 'Mark as Story' (2011) and 'Unity and Diversity in the Gospels and Paul' (2012).
Content
Preface
Abbreviations
Contributors
1 Performance Criticism: A Paradigm Shift in New Testament Studies
David Rhoads and Joanna Dewey
2 Those Sitting around Jesus: Situating the Storyteller within Mark's Gospel
Philip Ruge-Jones
3 Characters in Text and Performance: The Gospel of John
Holly E. Hearon
4 Audience Asides and the Audiences of Mark: The Difference Performance Makes
Thomas E. Boomershine
5 Sound and Structure in the Gospel of Matthew
Margaret E. Lee
6 The Present Tense of Performance: Immediacy and Transformative Power in Luke's Passion
Kelly R. Iverson
7 From Performance to Text to Performance: The New Testament's Use of the Hebrew Bible in a Rhetorical Culture
Kathy Maxwell
8 "This Is My . . . ": Toward a Thick Performance of the Gospel of Mark
Richard W. Swanson
Bibliography
Author Index
Abbreviations
Contributors
1 Performance Criticism: A Paradigm Shift in New Testament Studies
David Rhoads and Joanna Dewey
2 Those Sitting around Jesus: Situating the Storyteller within Mark's Gospel
Philip Ruge-Jones
3 Characters in Text and Performance: The Gospel of John
Holly E. Hearon
4 Audience Asides and the Audiences of Mark: The Difference Performance Makes
Thomas E. Boomershine
5 Sound and Structure in the Gospel of Matthew
Margaret E. Lee
6 The Present Tense of Performance: Immediacy and Transformative Power in Luke's Passion
Kelly R. Iverson
7 From Performance to Text to Performance: The New Testament's Use of the Hebrew Bible in a Rhetorical Culture
Kathy Maxwell
8 "This Is My . . . ": Toward a Thick Performance of the Gospel of Mark
Richard W. Swanson
Bibliography
Author Index