Oral-scribal dimensions of scripture, piety, and practice : Judaism, Christianity, Islam / edited by Werner H. Kelber and Paula A. Sanders.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kelber, Werner H., editor.

Sanders, Paula A., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Congresses.

Bible.

Bible. New Testament--Congresses.

Qurʼan--Congresses.

Qurʼan.

Bible. New Testament.

Bible. Old Testament.

Sacred books--Congresses.

Sacred books.

Oral tradition--Congresses.

Oral tradition.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 328 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, 2016.

Summary:

In April 2008 a conference was convened at Rice University that brought together experts in the three monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The papers discussed at the conference are presented here, revised and updated. The thirteen contributions comprise the keynote address by John Miles Foley; three essays on Judaism and the Hebrew Bible; three on the New Testament; three on the Qur'an; and two summarizing pieces, by the Africanist Ruth Finnegan and the Islamicist William Graham respectively. The central thesis of the book states that sacred Scripture was experienced by the three faiths less as a text contained between two covers and a literary genre, and far more as an oral phenomenon. In developing the performative, recitative aspects of the three religions, the authors directly or by implication challenge their distinctly textual identities. Instead of viewing the three faiths as quintessential religions of the book, these writers argue that the religions have been and continue to be appropriated not only as written but also very much as oral authorities, with the two media interpenetrating and mutually influencing each other in myriad ways. -- back cover.

Contents:

1 Ancient and Modern Democracies: Orality, Texts, and Electronic Media / John Miles Foley Foley, John Miles 1

2 Torah on the Heart: Literary Jewish Textuality within Its Ancient Near Eastern Context / David Carr Carr, David 21

3 Guarding Oral Transmission: Within and between Cultures / Talya Fishman Fishman, Talya 49

4 The Interplay between Written and Spoken Word in the Second Testament as Background to the Emergence of Written Gospels / Holly E. Hearon Hearon, Holly E. 67

5 Oral and Written Communication and Transmission of Knowledge in Ancient Judaism and Christianity / Catherine Hezser Hezser, Catherine 89

6 Oral and Written Aspects of the Emergence of the Gospel of Mark as Scripture Richard A. Horsley 110

7 The History of the Closure of Biblical Texts / Werner H. Kelber Kelber, Werner H. 137

8 Two Faces of the Quran: Quran and Mushaf / Angelika Neuwirth Neuwirth, Angelika 170

9 Biblical Performance Criticism: Performance as Research / David Rhoads Rhoads, David 188

10 The Constitution of the Qur'an as a Codified Work: Paradigm for Codifying Hadith and the Islamic Sciences? / Gregor Schoeler Schoeler, Gregor 240

11 From Jahiliyyah to Badi'iyyah: Orality, Literacy, and the Transformations of Rhetoric in Arabic Poetry / Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych Stetkevych, Suzanne Pinckney 255

12 Response from an Africanist Scholar Ruth Finnegan 280

13 Summation William A. Graham 292.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781498236690

1498236693

1498236715

9781498236713

OCLC:

962375742

Publisher Number:

99969701842