Between Script and Scripture: Performance Criticism and Mark's Characterization of the Disciples

Zechariah Eberhart, Ph.D. (2023), Loyola University Chicago, is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Point University.

Contents





Introduction


 1 The Why: Mark’s Disciple Problem


 2 The What: the Hypothetical Performance Event – Some Assumptions


 3 The How: a Summary of What Follows





1 Whence and Whither: Biblical Performance Criticism


 1 Phase 1: Avant la lettre


 2 Phase 2: David Rhoads and the Emergence of Biblical Performance Criticism


 3 Phase 3: the Pendulum Swings Back


 4 Phase 4: after Rhoads


 5 Summary





2 Strange Bedfellows? Characters and Characterization in Performance


 1 Characters and Characterization in Biblical Performance Criticism


 2 Characters and Characterization in Performance in Homeric Studies and Classical Scholarship


 3 Characters and Characterization in Shakespearean Performance


 4 Summary/Conclusions





3 What’s in a Name? Between Script and Scripture


 1 A Question of Ontology: What Is the Gospel of Mark?


 2 Current Metaphors in Use for Understanding Ancient Textuality


 3 A Proposal of Supplementary Metaphors: Script and Scripture


 4 The Limits of Script and Scripture as Metaphors for Determining our Object of Study


 5 Conclusions





4 To Be or Not to Be? Mark’s Disciples in Performance


 1 Performance Criticism and Mark’s Disciples


 2 Traditional Characterization and Mark’s Disciples in Performance


 3 A Linear Experience of Mark’s Disciples in Performance


 4 To Be or Not to Be? The Rhetorical Effect of Mark’s Disciples in Performance





5 Conclusion


 1 Where We Have Been


 2 Where Do We Go from Here?


 3 Final Remarks


Reference List


Index