Performance Criticism of the Pauline Letters

Receiving a letter from Paul was a major event in the early churches. Given the orally oriented culture of the time, a letter was designed to be read out loud in front of an audience. The document was an intermediate state for the local transport of the message, but the actual medium of communication was the performance event. This event was embedded in the written text in a manner comparable to a theater script. After careful preparation because of high expectations from ancient audiences, a presenter embodied the message with his voice, gazes, and gestures and made it not only understood but.

שנה

2016

שפה

English

הוצאה

Wipf & Stock Publishers

מהדורות

3

עמודים

366

ISBN

9781498298315

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata