Oral Biblical Criticism | The Influence of the Principles of Orality on the Literary Structure of Paul's Epistle to the Philippians ( Journal for The Study of The New Testament Supplement Series no 172)

Davis, Casey Wayne

ISBN 10: 1850759723 / ISBN 13: 9781850759720

Published by Sheffield Academic Press, 1999

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1999, hardback in blue board covers with silver lettering, 199 pages; no dust jacket (believed as published) | this copy is unread and barely distinguishable from new | carefully packaged and dispatched form UK within two working days.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Oral Biblical Criticism | The Influence of the Principles of Orality on the Literary Structure of Paul's Epistle to the Philippians ( Journal for The Study of The New Testament Supplement Series no 172)
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1850759723
• ISBN 13: 9781850759720
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

The Apostle Paul expected the vast majority of the recipients of his letters to hear, not read, them. He structured his compositions for the ear rather than the eye. Pauline audiences would hear clues to meaning and structure because they had learned to communicate in a world where those clues were essential to understanding. Recognizable structures and patterns were essential for listeners to organize what they heard, to follow, to predict and to remember the flow of communication. Oral Biblical Criticism examines Paul's Epistle to the Philippians in light of recent study of oral principles of composition and interpretation.

About the Authors

Casey W. Davis is Chaplain and Assistant Professor of Religion, Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, New York.

Chris Keith is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway. He is the author of The Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John and the Literacy of Jesus, a winner of the 2010 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise, and Jesus' Literacy: Scribal Culture and the Teacher from Galilee. He is also the co-editor of Jesus among Friends and Enemies: A Historical and Literary Introduction to Jesus in the Gospels, and was recently named a 2012 Society of Biblical Literature Regional Scholar.