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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      24 September 2021
      07 October 2021
      ISBN:
      9781009029209
      9781316516225
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009029209
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.45kg, 242 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Classical Studies, Biblical Studies - New Testament, Classical Studies (General), Religion
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    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 are largely unquestioned by biblical scholars.

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    '… the book will serve practitioners of the Bible as they preach and teach to their respective congregations, providing them with a historical context (the original performance) in which to consider in new and refreshing ways the text as it was initially delivered.'

    David Seal Source: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society

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