Public Reading in Early Christianity

Public Reading in Early Christianity
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 387
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ISBN-10 : 9789004306639
ISBN-13 : 9004306633
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Book Synopsis Public Reading in Early Christianity by : Dan Nässelqvist

Download or read book Public Reading in Early Christianity written by Dan Nässelqvist and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Public Reading in Early Christianity: Lectors, Manuscripts, and Sound in the Oral Delivery of John 1-4 Dan Nässelqvist investigates the oral delivery of New Testament writings in early Christian communities of the first two centuries C.E. He examines the role of lectors and public reading in the Greek and Roman world as well as in early Christianity. Nässelqvist introduces a method of sound analysis, which utilizes the correspondence between composition and delivery in ancient literary writings to retrieve information about oral delivery from the sound structures of the text being read aloud. Finally he applies the method of sound analysis to John 1–4 and presents the implications for our understanding of public reading and the Gospel of John.


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