| The Interface of Orality and Writing: Speaking, Seeing, Writing in the Shaping of New Genres Contributor(s): Coote, Robert B. (Editor), Weissenrieder, Annette (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3161504453 ISBN-13: 9783161504457 Publisher: Mohr Siebeck OUR PRICE: $177.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - New Testament |
| Dewey: 220.66 |
| LCCN: 2010536263 |
| Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament |
| Physical Information: (1.81 lbs) 438 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How did the visual, the oral, and the written interrelate in antiquity? The essays in this collection address the competing and complementary roles of visual media, forms of memory, oral performance, and literacy and popular culture in the ancient Mediterranean world. Incorporating both customary and innovative perspectives, the essays advance the frontiers of our understanding of the nature of ancient texts as regards audibility and performance, the vital importance of the visual in the comprehension of texts, and basic concepts of communication, particularly the need to account for disjunctive and non-reciprocal social relations in communication. Thus the contributions show how the investigation of the interface of the oral and written, across the spectrum of seeing, hearing, and writing, generates new concepts of media and mediation. |
