Orality, Memory, Rhetoric, Translation Performance Networking Meeting 2019 San Diego, USA

Annual Meeting 

Society of Biblical Literature

San Diego, CA

November 22, 2019 4:30-6pm

An exploration of the relationship between ancient and modern performances with an embodied performance of Ruth 2:1-13

This year’s meeting will concentrate on the presentation of Ruth 2:1-13 in Hebrew, accompanied by a critical group reflection on modern performance experience of ancient texts. 

Why should you come?

This session should be of interest to all who are engaged in performance criticism, orality studies, memory studies, media criticism and the Bible, biblical language learning, and those involved in The Bible and Ancient Media. Given the interactive nature of the event, it has also proven to be the ideal setting for an introduction to this field of studies, both for those who are curious about this exciting interdisciplinary approach, as well as those who have just started to tiptoe in it.

The meeting offers an excellent opportunity to link with peers interested and engaged in the main area of performance and biblical studies in a variety of research and projects and sub disciplines. 

Program

Introductions  

Performance of Ruth 2:1-13 in Hebrew 

Travis West and Abby de Zeeuw (Western Theological Seminary) 

Textual Performances and their variations

Nathan Esala (University of KwaZulu-Natal)

Table discussions 

Conclusions    

Registration

You are kindly invited to register here for this interesting and provoking encounter with actual performance and the scholarly discussions on the performance of Biblical texts in modern times and on the questions whether this can shed light on ancient use of orality and writing in social context. This will allow us to send you some interesting material beforehand and keep you informed as to new developments before the San Diego meeting.  But last minute deciders are free to join us without having registered.  

On behalf of the Steering Committee: 

Nathan Esala 

Marlon Winedt