{"product_id":"oral-scribal-dimensions-of-scripture-piety-and-practice-judaism-christianity-islam-paperback","title":"Oral-Scribal Dimensions of Scripture, Piety, and Practice: Judaism, Christianity, Islam - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWerner H. Kelber\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePaula A. Sanders\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn April 2008 a conference was convened at Rice University that brought together experts in the three monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The papers discussed at the conference are presented here, revised and updated. The thirteen contributions comprise the keynote address by John Miles Foley; three essays on Judaism and the Hebrew Bible; three on the New Testament; three on the Qur'an; and two summarizing pieces, by the Africanist Ruth Finnegan and the Islamicist William Graham respectively. The central thesis of the book states that sacred Scripture was experienced by the three faiths less as a text contained between two covers and a literary genre, and far more as an oral phenomenon. In developing the performative, recitative aspects of the three religions, the authors directly or by implication challenge their distinctly textual identities. Instead of viewing the three faiths as quintessential religions of the book, these writers argue that the religions have been and continue to be appropriated not only as written but also very much as oral authorities, with the two media interpenetrating and mutually influencing each other in myriad ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWerner H. Kelber is the Isla Carroll and Percy E. Turner Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Rice University. His publications include \u003ci\u003eImprints, Voiceprints, and Footprints of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) and \u003ci\u003eThe Oral and Written Gospel\u003c\/i\u003e (1983). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Paula A. Sanders is Professor of History and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs at Rice University. Among her publications are \u003ci\u003eCreating Medieval Cairo\u003c\/i\u003e (2008) and \u003ci\u003eRitual, Politics and the City in Fatimid\u003c\/i\u003e Cairo (1994).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 356\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42769471275104,"sku":"9781498236690","price":62.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/4CBOKTVrmy9781498236690.webp?v=1779666933","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/oral-scribal-dimensions-of-scripture-piety-and-practice-judaism-christianity-islam-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}