Biblical Performance Criticism: Survey and Prospects

Biblical Performance Criticism (BPC) analyzes communication events of biblical traditions for audiences. Every communication event of a tradition has four aspects: a communicator, traditions re-expressed, an audience, and a social situation. This essay surveys the history of BPC and its current pros...

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Published in:Religions
Main Author: Perry, Peter S. 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2019]
In: Religions
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Performance criticism
Further subjects:B Translation
B Memory
B Oral Tradition
B Relevance Theory
B Rhetoric
B performance criticism
B Biblical Interpretation
B Communication
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Summary:Biblical Performance Criticism (BPC) analyzes communication events of biblical traditions for audiences. Every communication event of a tradition has four aspects: a communicator, traditions re-expressed, an audience, and a social situation. This essay surveys the history of BPC and its current prospects and points to the future work of developing a fine-grained theoretical foundation for its work. In the analytical mode, a scholar gathers and examines data from a past performance event to describe it, and its effects, in detail. In the heuristic mode, a performer presents a tradition to an audience in order to better understand its dynamics. In the practical mode, a person reflects on the performance of biblical traditions in daily life. In these ways, BPC reunites biblical scholarship fragmented by critical reduction, and bridges the academic and popular use of biblical traditions.
ISSN:2077-1444
Contains:Enthalten in: Religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.3390/rel10020117