The Dead Sea scrolls in ancient media culture / edited by Travis B. Williams, Chris Keith, Loren T. Stuckenbruck.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Williams, Travis B., editor.

Keith, Chris, editor.

Stuckenbruck, Loren T., editor.

Series:

Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 144.

Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, 0169-9962 ; volume 144

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dead Sea scrolls.

Physical Description:

x, 532 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]

Summary:

"Media studies is an emerging discipline that is quickly making an impact within the wider field of biblical scholarship. This volume is designed to evaluate the status quaestionis of the Dead Sea Scrolls as products of an ancient media culture, with leading scholars in the Dead Sea Scrolls and related disciplines reviewing how scholarship has addressed issues of ancient media in the past, assessing the use of media criticism in current research, and outlining potential directions for future discussions"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Chris Keith

Studies in ancient media culture: an overview / Travis B. Williams

Part 1. Past perspectives on the Dead Sea scrolls and ancient media. Textuality and the Dead Sea scrolls: an examination of modern approaches and recent trends / Travis B. Williams

Is there a spoken voice in this cave?: orality and the Dead Sea scrolls / Shem Miller

Ritual studies and the Dead Sea scrolls: a review / Michael DeVries and Jutta Jokiranta

Part 2. Present perspectives on the Dead Sea scrolls and ancient media. Book production and circulation in Ancient Judaea: evidenced by writing quality and skills in the Dead Sea scrolls Isaiah and Serekh manuscripts / Mladen Popović

4Q169 (Pesher Nahum) in its ancient media context / Pieter B. Hartog

The Copper scroll: the medium, the context and the archaeology / Joan E. Taylor

Curated communities: refracted realities at Qumran and on social media / Charlotte Hempel

Orality and written-ness in the Dead Sea scrolls: where have we got to and where are we going? / George J. Brooke

Rituals as media: shared, embodied, and extended knowledge mediation in rituals / Jutta Jokiranta

Rations, refreshments, reading, and revelation: the multifunction of the common meal in the Qumran movement / Cecilia Wassén

Part 3. Future perspectives on the Dead Sea scrolls and ancient media. Mediated textuality: ambient orality and the Dead Sea scrolls / Maxine L. Grossman

The Dead Sea scrolls: a view from New Testament studies / Chris Keith

The Dead Sea scrolls: a classicist's view / William A. Johnson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Dead sea scrolls in ancient media culture

ISBN:

9789004529724

9004529721

OCLC:

1350800911