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Hearing the Scripture Reader’s Voice: Biblical Performance Criticism in the Classroom

September 4, 2020 by Tavis Bohlinger 1 Comment

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Biblical performance criticism is a methodology based on the assumption that much of the literature collected in the Bible represents oral performances that were at one time either told from memory or presented as prepared readings before audiences.1 The performance critic studies the biblical writings as oral performances with the aim to uncover certain conventions of orally performed texts—features often neglected when employing other biblical critical methodologies.

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Filed Under: Didaktikos, Greek, Hebrew, New Testament, Old Testament Tagged With: biblical studies, criticism, david seal, emotion, Isaiah, new testament, old testament, pace, preaching, shame

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