I know very little about performance criticism, but have heard wonderful things about it's potential in the classroom. 

Participated in the last two years of the NBS scholars forum.  I have been interested in pattern recognition methods that highlight built-in memory methods within oral material written in places such as the Sermon on the Mount (Matthe 5-7) and the ramifications for interpretation of the written text. 

Teatro Sagrado, Proyecto Ruah (Costa Rica)

Last work: "Book of Ruth"

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Interests: Integration of performance studies and Hebrew Bible studies; preaching as performance.

James has been involved in translation in Africa for more than twenty years. His research interests include performance and translation. Besides numerous journal articles, he is the author of From Orality to Orality: A New Paradigm for Contextual Translation of the Bible (2009).

Dr.  Maxwell’s areas of research interest include New Testament studies, especially literary and rhetorical methodologies; biblical interpretation; and the history of the Christian church. She is currently working on a project designed to encourage discussion about how scripture and culture interact and to encourage the reading of scripture in community.

• The history and archaeology of ancient Israel/Palestine
• The Bible and theology
• Anthropological methods, especially dealing with orality, myth, culture
• The ancient Near Eastern influences that have shaped the development of the Old Testament
• The book of Judges

To enhance my knowledge and skills.

Scribes and scribalism, libraries and archives; oral and written transmission; translation. I work on the transmission and reception of Achaemenid ideologies across the Persian Empire through the media of writing and iconography. Translation and multi-lingualism is an important component of this transmission. In the past I have worked extensively on Chronicles.

Orality and biblical performance criticism

With a background in the fields of ancient history and classical Greek I have a particular interest in how New Testament texts functioned in the ancient Greek and Roman world. In my thesis project I investigate how texts were orally delivered in antiquity and what that implies when it comes to the performance of New Testament writings, the Gospel of John in particular.

Research in Mark.

My teaching interests closely parallel and interweave with my research. I teach a range of courses on the classical texts and religion of ancient and early Judaism, on folklore and popular religion, and on women and the body in Judaism.

teaching and preaching biblical texts

Performance Studies, Theory of Performance, Performance Criticism of Pauline Letters, Ritual

I belong to an oral culture so performance can be a real tool to change the understanding of the Bible in the churches. I want to use this emerging discipline to emplement the concept of reconciliation within my culture.

Peter studies historical rhetoric, especially in regards to emotion, arrangement, memorization, and delivery. He performs Genesis 1:1-2:4a, the Sermon on the Mount, and the book of Revelation

I intend to interact with performance criticism in my MTh dissertation over the coming year (2013-2014)

Note: I have a visual impairment and will get help to complete this section this coming week.