Biblical Performance Criticism: Survey and Prospects

Peter Perry

Religions, February 2019

This article belongs to the Special Issue Current Trends in New Testament Study

This full text article written by Perry, a long time practitioner of Biblical Performance Criticism, provides an up to date survey of the current state of Biblical Performance Criticism (BPC). This is ideal for any scholar or educated lay person who wants to know more about the sub-discipline of BPC within the larger discipline of biblical studies. In this article Perry makes a distinction between what he calls BPC 2.0, reflecting the recent practice and trends in the discipline, and the early days of the discipline at its inception. For an introduction to BPC this article should be read followed by an article by David Rhoads, "Biblical Performance Criticism and Emerging Discipline," parts I and II and a video by Eugene Botha, "Orality, Print Culture and Biblical Interpretation Video." These are found on the following page of this website, "What is Biblical Performance Criticism" 

Read the full text article by Perry by clicking the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/10/2/117