Author : Kelly R Iverson
Release : 2015-04-30
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 924/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis From Text to Performance by : Kelly R Iverson
Download or read book From Text to Performance written by Kelly R Iverson. This book was released on 2015-04-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.