Orality, literacy, and colonialism in antiquity /

Orality, literacy, and colonialism in antiquity / [print] edited by Jonathan A. Draper. - Atlanta, Georgia : Society of Biblical Literature, (c)2004. - 240 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Orality, literacy, and colonialism in antiquity Indigenous poems, colonialist texts Cognition, orality-literacy, and approaches to first-century writings Moving beyond colonialist discourse : understanding oral theory and cultural difference in the context of media analysis Why did Plato write? / Jean-Luc Solare -- Mithra's cult : an example of religious colonialism in Roman times? / Baudouin Decharneux -- The origins of the Hebrew scriptures in imperial relations Roman imperialism and early Christian scribality Practicing the presence of God in John : ritual use of scripture and the Eidos Theou in John 5:37 Responses -- Rabbinic oral tradition in late Byzantine Galilee : Christian empire and rabbinic ideological resistance Oralities, literacies, and colonialism in antiquity and contemporary scholarship Jonathan A. Draper -- John Miles Foley -- Pieter J.J. Botha -- J.A. "Bobby" Loubser -- Richard A. Horsley -- Werner H. Kelber -- Jonathan A. Draper -- Martin S. Jaffee -- Claudia V. Camp.



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Oral communication--Religious aspects--History--To 1500--Congresses.
Written communication--Religious aspects--History--To 1500--Congresses.
Colonies--Religious aspects--History--To 1500--Congresses.
Oral communication--History--Mediterranean Region--To 1500--Congresses.
Written communication--History--Mediterranean Region--To 1500--Congresses.

BL687.D765.O735 2004