Table of Contents

Introduction Samuel Byrskog 1. Form Criticism Christopher Tuckett 2. The Jesus Tradition as Oral Tradition Terence C. Mournet 3. Jesus Tradition and the Pauline Letters David E. Aune 4. Honi the Circler in Manuscript and Memory: An Experiment in "Re-Oralizing" the Talmudic Text Martin S. Jaffee 5. Memory and Tradition in the Hellenistic Schools Loveday Alexander 6. Memory Alan Kirk Conclusion: The Work of Birger Gerhardsson in Perspective Werner H. Kelber Notes Bibliography List of Contributors Index of Ancient Sources Index of Modern Authors

About the Author

Werner H. Kelber is Isla Carroll and Percy E. Turner Professor Emeritus in Biblical Studies, Rice University. His other works include The Oral and the Written Gospel: The Hermeneutics of Speaking and Writing in the Synoptic Tradition; Mark, Paul, and Q; Mark's Story of Jesus; and The Kingdom in Mark: A New Place and a New Time). He lives in Bellville, Texas. Samuel Byrskog is Professor of New Testament, University of Lund. He is the author or editor of several books, including, most recently, Romarbrevet 1-8; Story as History--History as Story: The Gospel Tradition in the Context of Ancient Oral History; and Jesus the Only Teacher: Didactic Authority and Transmission in Ancient Israel, Ancient Judaism, and the Matthean Community. He lives in Lund, Sweden.

Reviews

These essays use Gerhardsson's work as a launching pad to reflect on developments in the field over the past fifty years and to propose new avenues of inquiry. This dual focus gives the proposed book a distinct advantage as a "history of research": building on an established precedent to survey the past while projecting the future. As these scholars are, in fact, leading voices in their respective fields, the collection must be received as an authoritative statement on the topic. --Tom Thatcher, Professor of Biblical Studies, Cincinnati Christian University

Gerhardsson's Memory and Manuscript is a landmark in the fields of orality, memory and tradition. Kelber and Byrskog's work serves as a fitting tribute to this movement, simultaneously offering critical assessment and advancing many of his seminal ideas. This volume is without parallel. --Kelly R. Iverson, Lecturer in New Testament, St. Mary's College, University of St. Andrews

This volume is ideal for scholars desiring an entrance into Gerhardsson's work or issues of orality, textuality, and memory, as well as scholars who are well versed in these areas. It appropriately offers tribute to Gerhardsson in a manner that makes clear the past, present, and future of an exciting area of NT scholarship he helped create." --Restoration Quarterly (2012, 54:1)

Kelber and Byrskog's work is a valuable piece of scholarship on an important topic, one which has raised controversy especially at its beginning. It continues the conversation and work on an important aspect of early Christianity, and introduces a new generation of students to the issues of orality in New Testament studies. --Robert E. Van Voorst, Professor of New Testament, Western Theological Seminary, Holland, Michigan

"... these essays will invite further reflection about the impact of oral-memory models on contemporary discussions of biblical historicity and authority." --Ritva H. Williams, Biblical Theology Bulletin (2011, 41)

Anyone interested in the work of Gerhardsson, scribal practice, oral tradition, or the gospels in general ought to add this work to their library. -- John Walker -- Freedom in Orthodoxy