Performing the Gospel Orality, Memory, and Mark |
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Author:
| Draper, Jonathan A. |
Editor:
| Foley, John Miles |
ISBN: | 978-0-8006-3828-3 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2006 |
Publisher: | 1517 Media
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Imprint: | Fortress Press |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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Previous thinking regarding "oral tradition" imagined a one-way process of transmission, handing down the fairly intact textual chunks that would constitute what we know as the end result, the written Gospels. That picture-and the implicit understanding of the Gospel writers as "editors"-has changed. The ground-breaking essays gathered in this volume present new insights into the fluidity of story in a cultural context of oral performance; into the power of cultural memory to transmit...
More DescriptionPrevious thinking regarding "oral tradition" imagined a one-way process of transmission, handing down the fairly intact textual chunks that would constitute what we know as the end result, the written Gospels. That picture-and the implicit understanding of the Gospel writers as "editors"-has changed. The ground-breaking essays gathered in this volume present new insights into the fluidity of story in a cultural context of oral performance; into the power of cultural memory to transmit and shape community; and into the dramatically new picture of Mark's Gospel that emerges from the results. Book jacket.