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Orality, Print Culture and Biblical Interpretation Video by Eugene Botha
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Preparing to Perform by Phil Ruge-Jones
Performing Philemon, Galatians, James by David Rhoads

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Performing Philemon, Galatians and James

by David M. Rhoads

rhoads2 In 2008, David Rhoads presented three lectures to the Network of Biblical Storytellers International on performing Philemon, Galatians and James. They illuminate Rhoads' method for analyzing a text for performance and give suggestions for someone interested in beginning to perform a New Testament text. Each lecture below also contains Rhoads' translation for performance.

pdf Performing the Letter to Philemon (244 KB)

pdf Performing the Letter to the Galatians (254 KB)

pdf Performing the Letter of James (234 KB)

Special thanks to the Network of Biblical Storytellers International who published these lectures in the Journal of Biblical Storytelling 17.1 (2008).