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“Secondary Orality” in the Gospel of John: A “Post-Gutenberg” Paradigm for Understanding the Relationship between Written Gospel Texts
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Labahn, Michael |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | All three ancient media categories, written text, orality, and collective memory, are of crucial importance in understanding the Gospel of John as a written document that recounts its special version of the Jesus story in early Christian literature.2 Although I am not completely convinced by all her answers, especially regarding the “oral style” of the Johannine narrative,3 Joanna Dewey seems to be right in claiming that “an understanding of the oral world in which fg [the Fourth Gospel] was produced may help us answer . questions about its composition history and the Johannine Jesus tradition.”4 The phenomenon of “secondary orality” is part of such a Johannine oral and literal milieu. The Johannine narrative describes itself as a written book that has access to collective memory and its oral stories (John 20:30–31): |
| Starting Page | 53 |
| Ending Page | 80 |
| Page Count | 28 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789004303164_005 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://brill.com/previewpdf/book/edcoll/9789004303164/B9789004303164_005.xml |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004303164_005 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
