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Synopsis: This cutting-edge volume has been brought together in
honor of Thomas Boomershine, author, scholar, storyteller,
innovator. The particular occasion inviting this recognition of his
work is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Society of Biblical
Literature's section on The Bible in Ancient and Modern Media
(BAMM), which Tom was instrumental in founding. For two and half
decades this program unit has provided scholars with opportunities
to explore and experience biblical material in media other than
silent print, including both oral and multimedia electronic
performances. This book explores many, though by no means all, of
the issues lifted up in those sessions over the years. Contributors
A. K. M. Adam Adam Gilbert Bartholomew Arthur J. Dewey Dennis Dewey
Joanna Dewey Robert M. Fowler Holly E. Hearon David Rhoads Philip
Ruge-Jones Whitney T. Shiner Marti J. Steussy Richard W. Swanson
Editor Biography: Holly E. Hearon is Associate Professor of New
Testament at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis. She is
the author of The Mary Magdalene Tradition: Witness and
Counter-Witness in Early Christian Communities. Philip Ruge-Jones
is Associate Professor of Theology at Texas Lutheran University in
Seguin, Texas. He is the author of The Word of the Cross in a World
of Glory, and Cross in Tensions: Luther's Theology of the Cross as
Theologico-Social Critique.
The field of New Testament studies often appears splintered into
widely different specializations and narrowly defined research
projects. Nevertheless, some of the most important insights have
come about when curious men and women have defied disciplinary
boundaries and drawn on other fields of knowledge in order to gain
a more adequate view of history. The essays in Bridges in New
Testament Interpretation offer surveys of the current scholarly
discussion in areas of New Testament and Christian origins where
cross-disciplinary fertilization has been decisive and describe the
role that interdisciplinary 'bridges,' especially as led by Richard
A. Horsley, have played. Topics include the socioeconomic history
of Roman Palestine; the historical Jesus in political and media
contexts; communication media, orality, and social context in the
study of Q; the Gospels in the context of oral culture,
performance, and social memory; reading Paul’s letters in the
context of Roman imperial culture; the narrativization of early
Christianity in relation to the ancient media environment; and the
role of power in shaping our understanding of history, as evident
in 'people’s history;' the historical agency of subordinate
classes; and the role of public and 'hidden transcripts' in
contexts shaped by power relations. Essays also address the role of
the interpreter as engaged with the social and political concerns
of our time. The sum is even greater than the parts, presenting a
powerful argument for the value of further exploration across
interdisciplinary bridges.
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