Proclaiming the Gospel : first-century performance of Mark / Whitney Shiner ; design, Corey Kent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shiner, Whitney Taylor, author.

Contributor:

Kent, Corey, designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Mark--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Place of Publication:

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania : Trinity Press International, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Scholars have long understood that the texts we now know as the Gospels were read aloud in the Greco-Roman world, but few have actually envisioned what a performance of the Gospel of Mark would have been like in the first century and how it would have shaped the experience of its audience. Proclaiming the Gospel shows us. Oral performances in the New Testament world were lively affairs. In the performance of Greco-Roman theater, readers lose their voices from the stress of emotional passages. Audiences cheer for philosophers as if at a rock concert, and in law courts, they are paid for their r

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Abbreviations of Works of Ancient Authors; Introduction; Chapter 1: Oral Performance in the Ancient World; Chapter 2: Types of Oral Performance; Chapter 3: Emotion; Chapter 4: Delivery; Chapter 5: Memorization; Chapter 6: Gesture and Movement; Chapter 7: The Audience; Chapter 8: Applause Lines; Chapter 9: Including the Audience; Chapter 10: Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613202178

9781283202176

1283202174

9780826462206

0826462200

OCLC:

741691299