Sounding out the heirs of Abraham (Rom 4:9-12)

dc.contributor.author	Livesey, Nina E.	eng
dc.date.issued	2012-10	eng
dc.description	Recent studies in the fields of orality and oral performance reveal that the recognition of oral features within texts can clarify vexing issues of interpretation and lead the interpreter to a more complete understanding of authorial intent.1 Specifically with regard to ancient authors and hearers, sound played a very strategic role in conveying meaning. Not having the luxury or ability 2 to reread sections of texts to determine meaning semantically, ancient auditors relied upon oral cues such as repetition and word placement to convey meaning.3 Ancient hearers actively listened to compositions orally declaimed. Thus, John Foley remarks (1991:59), "the 'reader' of an oral traditional 'text' is more a participant actively involved in making the work than an analyst interested only in plumbing the depths of a textual artifact."4	eng
dc.description	Note	eng
dc.format.extent	18 pages	eng
dc.identifier.citation	Oral Tradition, 27/2 (2012): 273-290.	eng
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10355/65272
dc.language	English	eng
dc.rights	OpenAccess.	eng
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.
dc.title	Sounding out the heirs of Abraham (Rom 4:9-12)	eng
dc.type	Article	eng