The first accounted stories of Jesus were written by the apostle Paul to the church in Corinth. Through close analysis of The Gospel and closer analysis of the Greek terminology within it, L. Michael White discusses the different accounts of how the message of Jesus Christ was transformed from folkloric poetry to a scripted story… Continue reading →
From the readings in White on Orality, Memory, and Performance scholars have inferred that when telling stories about Jesus that the story tellers had a basic outline but improvised the details according to the performer and the audience. The texts were primarily always meant to be heard never read. Knowing this when analyzing the telling… Continue reading →
There are many clues in this text (1 corinthians 15:3-7) that show that it is derived from oral tradition. White states that this passage uses something known as staccato parallelism; where every step in the sentences uses a single verb. For example “he died, he was raised, and he appeared.” This was a characteristic of oral… Continue reading →
In the book Scripting Jesus, L. Michael White compares the accounts of the death and resurrection of Jesus within the gospels to other New Testament writings. He focuses on 1 Corinthians 15:3-7 as an example of the part oral tradition played in the writing of the gospels. The use of the phrase “in accordance with… Continue reading →
In the book Scripting Jesus, L. Michael White dives into Paul’s first of two letters to the church of Corinth. White chooses to focus on Chapter 15, verses 3-7. These five verses are centered on the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This is formally known as the gospel. In Greek, the term is… Continue reading →
