Oral Fixation or Oral Corrective? A Response to Larry Hurtado
Over the last several decades, performance criticism has made significant headway as an interpretive method. However, in a recent issue of this journal, Larry Hurtado argues that the key assumptions of the movement ignore various historical realities regarding the use of texts in the ancient world....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2016]
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New Testament studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 62, Issue: 2, Pages: 183-200 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
New Testament
/ Roman Empire
/ Orality
/ Literalness
/ Performance of
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| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Larry Hurtado
B ancient media studies B performance criticism B Literacy B Orality |
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| Summary: | Over the last several decades, performance criticism has made significant headway as an interpretive method. However, in a recent issue of this journal, Larry Hurtado argues that the key assumptions of the movement ignore various historical realities regarding the use of texts in the ancient world. The following discussion offers a brief response to what Hurtado suggests are several oversimplifications'. The essay argues that rather than being a fixation' as Hurtado maintains, the renewed focus on orality and performance is a corrective that helps to provide a broader understanding of how biblical texts were typically experienced in the ancient world. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
| Reference: | Kritik von "Oral fixation and New Testament Studies? (2014)"
Kritik in "Correcting Iverson's Correction' (2016)" |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688515000430 |