Beyond the Written Word: Oral Aspects of Scripture in History of Religion

Abstract

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Part I. Of Written and Spoken Words: 1. Writing and written culture 2. The print textuality of modern culture 3. Books, reading and literacy in the premodern west Part II. Of Written and Spoken Scripture: 4. Scripture in Judeo-Christian perspective 5. Holy writ and holy word 6. Scripture as spoken word: the Indian paradigm Part III. 'An Arabic Reciting': Qur`an as Spoken Book: 7. Revelation and recitation 8. Muslim scripture as spoken word 9. Voicing the Qur`an: questions of meaning Part IV. 'The Lively Oracles of God': Bible as Spoken Word: 10. The spoken word of Christian holy writ 11. God's word in the desert 12. Hearing and seeing: the rhetoric of Martin Luther Conclusion.