Reading Acts : : The Lector and the Early Christian Audience / / William Shiell.
William Shiell proposes that the book of Acts was performed orally by a lector in the early church following Greco-Roman rhetorical conventions for recitation and delivery rather than directly read by an audience that was minimally literate. Shiell's study outlines the function of the lector in...
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| Superior document: | Biblical Interpretation Series ; 70 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2004. |
| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Biblical Interpretation Series ;
70. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (254 pages) |
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| Other title: | The Lector and the Early Christian Audience |
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| Summary: | William Shiell proposes that the book of Acts was performed orally by a lector in the early church following Greco-Roman rhetorical conventions for recitation and delivery rather than directly read by an audience that was minimally literate. Shiell's study outlines the function of the lector in Greco-Roman times as a filter through which an audience would receive a text. He describes the conventions for performers' gestures, facial expressions, and vocal inflections found in material from Greco-Roman literature and art that are mirrored in the book of Acts. He examines how a reading of Acts in this light can fill interpretive gaps left by literary and rhetorical-critical studies that focus on the reading rather than the hearing of biblical texts. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004495456 9780391042162 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | William Shiell. |