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Title page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Contributors

1. Performance Criticism: A Paradigm Shift in New Testament Studies: David Rhoads and Joanna Dewey

2. Those Sitting around Jesus: Situating the Storyteller within Mark’s Gospel: Philip Ruge-Jones

3. Characters in Text and Performance: The Gospel of John: Holly E. Hearon

4. Audience Asides and the Audiences of Mark: The Difference Performance Makes: Thomas E. Boomershine

5. Sound and Structure in the Gospel of Matthew: Margaret E. Lee

6. The Present Tense of Performance: Immediacy and Transformative Power in Luke’s Passion: Kelly R. Iverson

7. From Performance to Text to Performance: The New Testament’s Use of the Hebrew Bible in a Rhetorical Culture: Kathy Maxwell

8. “This Is My...”: Toward a Thick Performance of the Gospel of Mark: Richard W. Swanson

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