Orality and the Scriptures: Composition, Translation, and Transmission

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Wendland, Ernst R.
Series Issue: 
6
Issue Date: 
2013
Publisher: 
SIL International
Publisher Place: 
Dallas, Texas
Is Part Of Series: 
SIL International Publications in Translation and Textlinguistics 6
Extent: 
xii, 393 pages
Publication Status: 
Published
Table of Contents: 

Foreword
Introduction

I. ORIENTATION: Exploring the Dimensions of Orality in Relation to the Scriptures

  1. Defining the Notion of “Orality” and Related Concepts
  2. Methodologies for Investigating the Oral-Aural Analysis, Translation, and Transmission of Biblical Texts
  3. Two Models of Oral-Based Scripture Text Transmission

II. DOCUMENTATION: Examining the Dimensions of Orality in Selected Texts of Scripture

  1. “Hearing the Word of the LORD” (Isaiah 66:5): Amplifying the “Orality” of the Original Text in Translations of Scripture
  2. Rhetorical Oral-Aural Dynamics of the Word: Revisiting John 17
  3. Modeling the Message: The Christological Core of Philippians (2:5–11) and Its Contemporary Communicative Implications

III. APPLICATION: Discovering the Dimensions of Orality in Scripture Texts

  1. Identifying and Displaying the Oral-Aural Dimension of Two Dramatic Biblical Texts
  2. Notes on the “Sonic Structure” of Paul’s Epistle to Philemon
  3. An Exercise in Poetic, Oral-Aural Analysis and Translation
  4. Giving “Voice” to the Ancient Orality of the Scriptures Today

References
Index

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56034