TY - BOOK AU - Page, Nick TI - God's Dangerous books: the surprising history of the world's most radical book SN - 9781850789017 AV - BS445 .N53 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - United Kingdom PB - Authentic KW - Bible KW - New Testament KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Storytelling KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Women storytellers N1 - Includes bibliographic references; Introduction: A; passion for communicating the gospel: an account of Tom Boomershine as scholar, teacher, and biblical storyteller; Adam Gilbert Bartholomew with David Rhoads --; Why everything we know about the Bible is wrong: lessons from the media history of the Bible; Robert M. Fowler --; Storytelling world of the first century and the gospels; Holly E. Hearon --; Women on the way: a reconstruction of late first-century women's storytelling; Joanna Dewey --; Oral performance in the New Testament world; Whitney Shiner --; Competing gospels: imperial echoes, a dissident voice; Arthur J. Dewey --; What is performance criticism?; David Rhoads --; Word heard: how hearing a text differs from reading one; Philip Ruge-Jones --; Life, story, and the Bible; Marti J. Steussy --; Taking place/taking up space; Richard W. Swanson --; Performing the living word: learnings from a storytelling vocation; Dennis Dewey --; Interpreting the Bible at the horizon of virtual new worlds; A.K.M. Adam ER -