The Gospel as Manuscript: An Early History of the Jesus Tradition as Material Artifact. By CHRIS KEITH

Warkentin, Germaine

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“…192-98). Johnson's work has spurred studies of early Christian and Jewish reading by Chris Keith (2015Keith ( , 2020aKeith ( , 2020b and others (L. A. Johnson 2023;Krauß et al 2020;Nässelqvist 2016;Pokorný 2013) that have shown that early Christian groups publicly read the gospels, epistles, and other scripture as a central part of their group identity-formation, in ways that included increasingly ritualized bodily actions.…”

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The Ritual Bridge between Narrative and Performance in the Gospel of Mark

Wheatley

2023

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The abundance of ritual descriptions in the Gospel of Mark suggests a discourse about ritual between the narrator and early audiences of the Gospel. The prominence of the ritual of baptism at the beginning (Mark 1:9–11) and anointing at the end (16:1–8), and the recurrence of themes introduced in Jesus’s baptism at turning points in the Gospel (9:2–8; 10:38–39; 15:38–39) suggest broader ritual—and specifically baptismal—significance in the narrative. Recent changes helpfully differentiate narrative- and performance-critical interpretive approaches as text-oriented (narrative) and audience-oriented (performance), but these hermeneutical methods also work in concert. This article combines cognitive studies of narrative immersion with observations about the role of ritual in group identity formation and the impartation of religious traditions to analyze the narration of ritual acts in Mark. Giving attention to the use of internal focalization and description of bodily movements in ritual narrations, this article argues that depictions of rituals in Mark involve the audience in ways that deliver audience-oriented interpretations through text-oriented means. This analysis shows how Mark’s ritual narrations are conducive to evoking the audience’s experience of baptism, familiar to audience members as described in the undisputed Pauline epistles, the only descriptions of the rite that clearly antedate the composition of Mark. Publicly reading these narrated rituals creates an audience experience that neither requires the performance of the ritual in the context of the reading event nor an “acting out” of the ritual depicted in the narrative to create a participatory, communal experience of the text.

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The Ritual Bridge between Narrative and Performance in the Gospel of Mark

Wheatley

2023

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“…Perhaps the largest collection of data can be found in Wright (2017). On Gospels/Acts, see Iverson (2021); Keith (2020); Nässelqvist (2016); Shiell (2004);Shiner (2003). On Paul and ancient epistolary conventions of oral delivery, see Oestreich (2016); Doering (2012).…”

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“Right on, Vashti!”: Minor Characters and Performance Choices in the Synagogal Megillah Reading

Homrighausen

2023

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Every Purim, synagogues read the biblical Book of Esther aloud in liturgy, a tradition that exemplifies how synagogue performance practices elaborate on, revise, and refine minor characters in the text. This paper studies four such minor characters in performance from the second century to the present: Haman’s sons, Zeresh, Harbona, and Vashti. These characters evince ways in which performance practices of biblical texts construct moral and psychological assessments of characters in the story, through the interaction of audience, performer, text, and liturgical framing. Further, biblical characters are performed differently in ways which parallel textual interpretation of biblical texts as well as changing social trends and values. In performance, the narrative-critical work of characterization comes alive.

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The Gospel as Manuscript: An Early History of the Jesus Tradition as Material Artifact. By CHRIS KEITH

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The Ritual Bridge between Narrative and Performance in the Gospel of Mark

The Ritual Bridge between Narrative and Performance in the Gospel of Mark

“Right on, Vashti!”: Minor Characters and Performance Choices in the Synagogal Megillah Reading

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