Between Script and Scripture : : Performance Criticism and Mark's Characterization of the Disciples / / Zach Preston Eberhart.

• Superior document: Biblical Interpretation Series ; Volume 220
• VerfasserIn: Eberhart, Zach Preston,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2024]; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Biblical interpretation series ; Volume 220.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (252 pages)

This volume reimagines the first-century reception of the Gospel of Mark within a reconstructed (yet hypothetical) performance event. In particular, it considers the disciples' character and characterization through the lens of performance criticism. Questions concerning the characterization of...

Table of Contents

• Contents
• Introduction
•  1 The Why: Mark's Disciple Problem
•  2 The What: the Hypothetical Performance Event - Some Assumptions
•  3 The How: a Summary of What Follows
• 1 Whence and Whither: Biblical Performance Criticism
•  1 Phase 1: Avant la lettre
•  2 Phase 2: David Rhoads and the Emergence of Biblical Performance Criticism
•  3 Phase 3: the Pendulum Swings Back
•  4 Phase 4: after Rhoads
•  5 Summary
• 2 Strange Bedfellows? Characters and Characterization in Performance
•  1 Characters and Characterization in Biblical Performance Criticism
•  2 Characters and Characterization in Performance in Homeric Studies and Classical Scholarship
•  3 Characters and Characterization in Shakespearean Performance
•  4 Summary/Conclusions
• 3 What's in a Name? Between Script and Scripture
•  1 A Question of Ontology: What Is the Gospel of Mark?
•  2 Current Metaphors in Use for Understanding Ancient Textuality
•  3 A Proposal of Supplementary Metaphors: Script and Scripture
•  4 The Limits of Script and Scripture as Metaphors for Determining our Object of Study
•  5 Conclusions
• 4 To Be or Not to Be? Mark's Disciples in Performance
•  1 Performance Criticism and Mark's Disciples
•  2 Traditional Characterization and Mark's Disciples in Performance
•  3 A Linear Experience of Mark's Disciples in Performance
•  4 To Be or Not to Be? The Rhetorical Effect of Mark's Disciples in Performance
• 5 Conclusion
•  1 Where We Have Been
•  2 Where Do We Go from Here?
•  3 Final Remarks
• Reference List
• Index.