NEW TESTAMENT TEXTS IN THE CONTEXT OF READING PRACTICES OF THE ROMAN PERIOD: THE ROLE OF MEMORY AND PERFORMANCE

  • Pieter J. J. Botha University of South Africa

Abstract

Study of New Testament documents is often subject to the inappropriate assumption that “reading” entails disembodied decoding of inherent meanings. Reading is a complex activity which is part of a cultural system, to be understood within pertinent technological parameters. Memory was heavily emphasised in communication practices of the Roman Period, and a cultural-historical understanding of texts from that period should relate to such features.

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Published
2013-06-12
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