"A tightly argued and comprehensive treatment of an important area of New Testament studies." —The Christian Century"By distinguishing oral from written modes of transmission, Kelber skillfully unlock
Few scholars have influenced New Testament scholarship in the areas of orality, memory, and tradition more profoundly than Birger Gerhardsson. Today, as these topics have again become important in bib
Oral and Manuscript Culture in the Bible is the fruit of Professor Loubser's confrontation with how Scripture is read, understood, and used in the Third World situation, which is closer than modern Eu
Contributors survey the “state of the question” on specific issues in New Testament interpretation where interdisciplinary methods have played important roles: socioeconomic realities, com