Performing Early Christian Literature - Audience Experience and Interpretation of the Gospels

Performance creates a unique space for audience experience and influences how traditions, like the Gospels, are received and interpreted.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Foundations of Audience Experience; 3. Aspects of Audience Engagement: The Emotional Experience; 4. Aspects of Audience Engagement: The Nonverbal/Sensory Experience; 5. Aspects of Audience Engagement: The Memorial Experience; 6. Conclusion.

About the author

Kelly R. Iverson is Associate Professor of New Testament at Baylor University. He is the author or editor of From Text to Performance: Narrative and Performance Criticisms in Dialogue and Debate (2014), Mark as Story: Retrospect and Prospect (2011), and Gentiles in the Gospel of Mark: 'Even the Dogs under the Table Eat the Children's Crumbs' (2007).

Summary

Students and scholars will be challenged to reconsider the experiential context in which early Christian literature was received and interpreted. Using a diverse array of methodological approaches, this study explores how a performance event informs an understanding of audience experience.

Product details

• Authors: Kelly Iverson, Kelly (Baylor University Iverson, Kelly R Iverson, Kelly R. Iverson, Iverson Kelly
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781316516225
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51622-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Spirituality, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, ART / Performance, Christianity, Christian life & practice, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Christian spirituality & religious experience, Performance Art, Spirituality and religious experience, RELIGION / Christian Living / General, Religious life and practice, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis