Table of Contents
Introduction
Part 1 The Implications of Orality for Studies of the Biblical Text
Gender and Otherness in Rabbinic Oral Culture: On Gentiles, Undisciplined Jews, and Their Women
Many Voices, One Script: The Prophecies of George Khambule
Part 2
Form as a Mnemonic Device: Cultural Texts and Cultural Memory
Memory in Oral Tradition
Tradition in the Mouth of the Hero: Jesus as an Interpreter of Scripture
Jesus and the Canon: The Early Jesus Traditions in the Context of the Origins of the New Testament Canon
Part 3
Interfaces of Orality and Literature in the Gospel of Mark
Memory Technology and the Composition of Mark
A Prophet Like Moses and Elijah: Popular Memory and Cultural Patterns in MarkAbbreviations
Notes
Contributors