Public reading in early Christianity : : lectors, manuscripts, and sound in the oral delivery of John 1-4 / / by Dan Nässelqvist.

• Superior document: Supplements to Novum Testamentum, Volume 163
• VerfasserIn: Nässelqvist, Dan,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; Volume 163.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (387 pages)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Introduction -- Pragmatics of Reading -- Lectors in Early Christian Communities -- A Method of Sound Analysis -- John 1—Introducing Jesus -- John 2—Jesus in Action -- John 3—Jesus in Discourse -- John 4—Jesus in Samaria -- Conclusions and Implications -- Transcription of Leaf 3 Verso of 66 -- Text from Appendix 1 without Distinctive Features -- Transcription of Leaf 48 Recto of 75 -- Text from Appendix 3 without Distinctive Features -- Transcription of Leaf 23 Verso of 46 -- Text from Appendix 5 without Distinctive Features -- Colometric Transcription of John 1:1–14 in 35 Cola -- Colometric Transcription of John 1:1–14 in 11 Cola -- A Summary of the Steps Used in Sound Analysis -- Aural Intensity in John 1–4 -- Bibliography -- Indexes.