Oral tradition and the New Testament : a guide for the perplexed /
The last three decades have seen an explosion of biblical scholarship on the presence and consequences of the oral expression of tradition among Jesus' followers, especially in the earliest decades of the Common Era. There is a wealth of scholarship focused on 'orality'. This scholars...
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London :
Bloomsbury,
2014.
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| Series: | Guides for the perplexed.
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Table of Contents:
- HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; CHAPTER ONE Introduction; But is not the New Testament a written text?; What do nt scholars mean by "orality"?; Are we still studying the written texts of the nt, or something else?; What is the plan of this book?; PART ONE An introduction to biblical media criticism; CHAPTER TWO The what of oral tradition and nt studies; Glossary of terms; CHAPTER THREE The who of oral tradition and nt studies; Birger Gerhardsson; Werner H. Kelber; Joanna Dewey; Paul J. Achtemeier; Pieter J.J. Botha; Kenneth E. Bailey; Richard Horsley.
- PART TWO A demonstration of biblical media criticismCHAPTER FOUR The how of oral tradition and nt studies; The morphological approach to oral tradition and the nt; The contextual approach to oral tradition and the nt; CHAPTER FIVE The why of oral tradition and nt studies; Casting Jesus out into the wilderness; Melding tradition in the Johannine prologue; Hearing Moses preaching Christ; Inscribing Christ as king; Notes; Works cited; Text Index; Author Index; Subject Index.
