Description
Book SynopsisMedia studies is an emerging discipline that is quickly making an impact within the wider field of biblical scholarship. This volume is designed to evaluate the status quaestionis of the Dead Sea Scrolls as products of an ancient media culture, with leading scholars in the Dead Sea Scrolls and related disciplines reviewing how scholarship has addressed issues of ancient media in the past, assessing the use of media criticism in current research, and outlining potential directions for future discussions.
Table of ContentsContents List of Figures Notes on Contributors 1 Introduction Chris Keith 2 Studies in Ancient Media Culture: An Overview Travis B. Williams Part 1: Past Perspectives on the Dead Sea Scrolls and Ancient Media 3 Textuality and the Dead Sea Scrolls: An Examination of Modern Approaches and Recent Trends Travis B. Williams 4 Is There a Spoken Voice in This Cave? Orality and the Dead Sea Scrolls Shem Miller 5 Ritual Studies and the Dead Sea Scrolls: A Review Michael DeVries and Jutta Jokiranta Part 2: Present Perspectives on the Dead Sea Scrolls and Ancient Media 6 Book Production and Circulation in Ancient Judaea: Evidenced by Writing Quality and Skills in the Dead Sea Scrolls Isaiah and Serekh Manuscripts Mladen Popović 7 4Q169 (Pesher Nahum) in Its Ancient Media Context Pieter B. Hartog 8 The Copper Scroll: The Medium, the Context and the Archaeology Joan E. Taylor 9 Curated Communities: Refracted Realities at Qumran and on Social Media Charlotte Hempel 10 Orality and Written-ness in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Where Have We Got to and Where Are We Going? George J. Brooke 11 Rituals as Media: Shared, Embodied, and Extended Knowledge Mediation in Rituals Jutta Jokiranta 12 Rations, Refreshments, Reading, and Revelation: The Multifunction of the Common Meal in the Qumran Movement Cecilia Wassén Part 3: Future Perspectives on the Dead Sea Scrolls and Ancient Media 13 Mediated Textuality: Ambient Orality and the Dead Sea Scrolls Maxine L. Grossman 14 The Dead Sea Scrolls: A View from New Testament Studies Chris Keith 15 The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Classicist’s View William A. Johnson Index of Modern Authors Index of Ancient Sources
