The Dead Sea Scrolls in Ancient Media Culture.

• Superior document: Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah
• Author: Williams, Travis B.
• TeilnehmendeR: Keith, Chris.; Stuckenbruck, Loren.
• Place / Publishing House: Westmont : : BRILL,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (542 pages)

"Media studies is an emerging discipline that is quickly making an impact within the wider field of biblical scholarship. This volume is designed to evaluate the status quaestionis of the Dead Sea Scrolls as products of an ancient media culture, with leading scholars in the Dead Sea Scrolls and related disciplines reviewing how scholarship has addressed issues of ancient media in the past, assessing the use of media criticism in current research, and outlining potential directions for future discussions"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Studies in Ancient Media Culture: An Overview -- Part 1 Past Perspectives on the Dead Sea Scrolls and Ancient Media -- Chapter 3 Textuality and the Dead Sea Scrolls: An Examination of Modern Approaches and Recent Trends -- Chapter 4 Is There a Spoken Voice in This Cave? Orality and the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Chapter 5 Ritual Studies and the Dead Sea Scrolls: A Review -- Part 2 Present Perspectives on the Dead Sea Scrolls and Ancient Media -- Chapter 6 Book Production and Circulation in Ancient Judaea: Evidenced by Writing Quality and Skills in the Dead Sea Scrolls Isaiah and Serekh Manuscripts -- Chapter 7 4Q169 (Pesher Nahum) in Its Ancient Media Context -- Chapter 8 The Copper Scroll: The Medium, the Context and the Archaeology -- Chapter 9 Curated Communities: Refracted Realities at Qumran and on Social Media -- Chapter 10 Orality and Written-ness in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Where Have We Got to and Where Are We Going? -- Chapter 11 Rituals as Media: Shared, Embodied, and Extended Knowledge Mediation in Rituals -- Chapter 12 Rations, Refreshments, Reading, and Revelation: The Multifunction of the Common Meal in the Qumran Movement -- Part 3 Future Perspectives on the Dead Sea Scrolls and Ancient Media -- Chapter 13 Mediated Textuality: Ambient Orality and the Dead Sea Scrolls -- The Dead Sea Scrolls: A View from New Testament Studies -- Chapter 14 The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Classicist's View -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Ancient Sources.