Bringing the Word to Life
Subtitle: Engaging the New Testament through Performing It
Publisher: Eerdmans
Published: Apr 27, 2013
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9780802868855
Description: "The New Testament books were written to be read aloud. The original audiences of these texts would have been unfamiliar with our current practice of reading silently and processing with our eyes rather than our ears, so we can learn much about the New Testament through performing it ourselves. Richard Ward and David Trobisch are here to help. Bringing the Word to Life walks the reader through what we know about the culture of performance in the first and second centuries, what it took to perform an early New Testament manuscript, the benefits of performance for teaching, and practical suggestions for exploring New Testament texts through performance today." --from book description, Amazon.com.
Notes: Source title: Bringing the Word to Life: Engaging the New Testament through Performing It