RT Article
T1 'I am writing this with my own hand…': Writing in New Testament times
JF Verbum et ecclesia
VO 30
IS 2
SP 1
OP 11
A1 Botha, Pieter J. J. 1957-
LA English
YR 2009
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1781994471
AB When the New Testament and early Christian writings are considered as situated, culturally mediated and historically functional events, the pitfall of a binary contrast between literacy and orality should be avoided. Focus should be on the physical and experiential aspects of ancient writing. Discussions of posture, education, cost and the amount of time involved in physical writing in Greco-Roman times are concluded by an analysis of the disposition of subservience that surrounded writing.
K1 Schreiben
K1 Mündliche Überlieferung
K1 Bildung
K1 New Testament
K1 Authorship
K1 Literacy
K1 Orality
K1 Writing
DO 10.4102/ve.v30i2.209