Orality, literacy, and colonialism in antiquity / edited by Jonathan A. Draper. - Atlanta, Ga. : Society of Biblical Literature, c2004. - viii, 240 p. ; paper back. 23 cm. : - Semeia Studies ; no. 47 . - Semeia studies ; no. 47. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-238)

Orality, literacy, and colonialism in antiquity / Jonathan A. Draper -- Indigenous poems, colonialist texts / John Miles Foley -- Cognition, orality-literacy, and approaches to first-century writings / Pieter J.J. Botha -- Moving beyond colonialist discourse : understanding oral theory and cultural difference in the context of media analysis / J.A. "Bobby" Loubser -- Why did Plato write? / Jean-Luc Sole |re -- Mithra's cult : an example of religious colonialism in Roman times? / Baudouin Decharneux -- The origins of the Hebrew scriptures in imperial relations / Richard A. Horsley -- Roman imperialism and early Christian scribality / Werner H. Kelber -- Practicing the presence of God in John : ritual use of scripture and the Eidos Theou in John 5:37 / Jonathan A. Draper -- Rabbinic oral tradition in late Byzantine Galilee : Christian empire and rabbinic ideological resistance / Martin S. Jaffee -- Oralities, literacies, and colonialism in antiquity and contemporary scholarship / Claudia V. Camp.

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Oral communication--Religious aspects--History--Congresses.--To 1500
Written communication--Religious aspects--History--Congresses.--To 1500
Colonies--Religious aspects--History--Congresses.--To 1500
Oral communication--History--Congresses.--Mediterranean Region--To 1500
Written communication--History--Congresses.--Mediterranean Region--To 1500


Mediterranean Region--Religion--Congresses.
Mediterranean Region--History--Congresses.--To 476

BL687 / .O73 2004b

AFR 302.2 Ora 2004