The Fourth Gospel in First-Century Media Culture (Hardcover)

Part I: John and Oral Culture

Introducing Media Culture to Johannine Studies: Orality, Performance, and Memory Anthony Le Donne and Tom Thatcher
Seeing, Hearing, Declaring, Writing: Media Dynamics in the Letters of John Jeffrey E. Brickle
The Riddle of the Baptist and the Genesis of the Prologue: John 1:1-18 in Oral/Aural Media Culture Tom Thatcher
A Performance of the Text: The Adulteress' Entrance into John's Gospel Chris Keith

Part II: John as Oral Performance

John's Memory Theater: A Study of Composition in Performance Tom Thatcher
The Medium and Message of John: Audience Address and Audience Identity in the Fourth Gospel Thomas E. Boomershine
Jesus Retold as the World's Light in Johannine Oral Prophecy Antoinette Wire

Part III: John in the Medium of Memory

Scripture Talks because Jesus Talks: The Narrative Rhetoric of Persuading and Creativity in John's Use of Scripture Michael Labahn
John's Gospel and the Oral Gospel Tradition James D.G. Dunn
Memory, Commemoration and History in John 2:19-22: A Critique and Application of Social Memory Anthony Le Donne
Abraham as a Figure of Memory in John 8:31-59 Catrin H. Williams

Part IV: Reflections and Directions

What Difference Does the Medium Make? Barry Schwartz
Introducing Media Culture to Johannine Studies Gail R. O'Day

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