The Bible in ancient and modern media
Subtitle: story and performance
By: edited by Holly E. Hearon and Philip Ruge-Jones.
Contributors: Hearon, Holly E.; Ruge-Jones, Philip, 1962-; Boomershine, Thomas E.
Series: Biblical performance criticism
Publisher: Cascade Books; Wipf & Stock Pub
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Eugene, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781556359903
Subjects: Boomershine, Thomas E; Bible. -- N.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Storytelling -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Women storytellers; Storytelling
Notes: Essays written in honor of Thomas E. Boomershine.

"Published writings and recordings of Thomas E. Boomershine": p. xxii-xxiii.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-176).
Table of contents: title: Introduction: A; title: passion for communicating the gospel: an account of Tom Boomershine as scholar, teacher, and biblical storyteller  -- Adam Gilbert Bartholomew with David Rhoads; title: Why everything we know about the Bible is wrong: lessons from the media history of the Bible  -- Robert M. Fowler; title: Storytelling world of the first century and the gospels  -- Holly E. Hearon; title: Women on the way: a reconstruction of late first-century women's storytelling  -- Joanna Dewey; title: Oral performance in the New Testament world  -- Whitney Shiner; title: Competing gospels: imperial echoes, a dissident voice  -- Arthur J. Dewey; title: What is performance criticism?  -- David Rhoads; title: Word heard: how hearing a text differs from reading one  -- Philip Ruge-Jones; title: Life, story, and the Bible  -- Marti J. Steussy; title: Taking place/taking up space  -- Richard W. Swanson; title: Performing the living word: learnings from a storytelling vocation  -- Dennis Dewey; title: Interpreting the Bible at the horizon of virtual new worlds -- A.K.M. Adam.