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Werner Kelber's The Oral and the Written Gospel substantially challenged predominant paradigms for understanding early Jesus traditions and the formation of written Gospels. Since that publication, a more precise and complex picture of first-century media culture has emerged. Yet while issues of orality, aurality, performance, and mnemonics are now well voiced in Synoptic Studies, Johannine scholars remain largely unaware of such issues and their implications. The highly respected contributors to this book seek to fill this lacuna by exploring various applications of orality, literacy, memory, and performance theories to the Johannine Literature in hopes of opening new avenues for future discussion.
Part 1 surveys the scope of the field by introducing the major themes of ancient media studies and noting their applicability to the Fourth Gospel and the Johannine Epistles. Part 2 analyzes major themes in the Johannine Literature from a media perspective, while Part 3 features case studies of specific texts. Two responses by Gail O'Day and Barry Schwartz complete the volume.
Contents
Part I: John and Oral Culture
Introducing Media Culture to Johannine Studies: Orality, Performance, and Memory Anthony Le Donne and Tom Thatcher
Seeing, Hearing, Declaring, Writing: Media Dynamics in the Letters of John Jeffrey E. Brickle
The Riddle of the Baptist and the Genesis of the Prologue: John 1:1-18 in Oral/Aural Media Culture Tom Thatcher
A Performance of the Text: The Adulteress' Entrance into John's Gospel Chris Keith
Part II: John as Oral Performance
John's Memory Theater: A Study of Composition in Performance Tom Thatcher
The Medium and Message of John: Audience Address and Audience Identity in the Fourth Gospel Thomas E. Boomershine
Jesus Retold as the World's Light in Johannine Oral Prophecy Antoinette Wire
Part III: John in the Medium of Memory
Scripture Talks because Jesus Talks: The Narrative Rhetoric of Persuading and Creativity in John's Use of Scripture Michael Labahn
John's Gospel and the Oral Gospel Tradition James D.G. Dunn
Memory, Commemoration and History in John 2:19-22: A Critique and Application of Social Memory Anthony Le Donne
Abraham as a Figure of Memory in John 8:31-59 Catrin H. Williams
Part IV: Reflections and Directions
What Difference Does the Medium Make? Barry Schwartz
Introducing Media Culture to Johannine Studies Gail R. O'Day
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