Aural Design and Coherence in the Prologue of First John

Jeffrey E. Brickle

ISBN 10: 056700404X / ISBN 13: 9780567004048

Published by Continnuum-3PL, 2012

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Aural Design and Coherence in the Prologue of First John | Jeffrey E. Brickle | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch | 2012 | Continnuum-3PL | EAN 9780567004048 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Aural Design and Coherence in the Prologue of First John
• Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 056700404X
• ISBN 13: 9780567004048
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 161H x 14D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 161 millimeters height by 14 millimeters depth
• Weight: 438 grams
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Synopsis

Unlike literature in the modern western world, ancient documents were typically crafted for the ear rather than the eye. This new investigation of the structure of 1 John's Prologue analyzes the oral patterning and resulting soundscape reflected in this key New Testament passage.

After discussing contemporary techniques of sound analysis and establishing the study's methodological approach, Brickle examines the Prologue's aural profile. Here we begin to explore, describe, and depict graphically the patterns of sound that emerge as the text is read aloud. Brickle uses the approaches to Greek pronunciation and orality advocated in the recent New Testament research to determine the impact on the Prologue's soundscape, followed by an analysis employing the principles for beautiful and effective composition elucidated by the ancient teacher of rhetoric, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, in his treatise, On Literary Composition. A final section draws together the results and implications of the study before suggesting further ways to apply research in orality, performance, and memory to the Prologue and other ancient texts.

About the Authors

Jeffrey E. Brickle is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Urshan Graduate School of Theology in Florissant, Missouri

Michael Labahn is Wissenchaftlicher Assistant for New Testament at Martin-Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.

Dr. Michael Labahn is Wissenschaftlicher Assistant for New Testament at Martin-Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.