Originally published: London : SPCK, 2013. Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-194) and indexes.
Contents:
1. The ancient media situation. What is oral tradition? ; Some characteristics of orality and oral tradition ; Writing in antiquity ; Consequences for the oral Jesus tradition -- 2. Form criticism. Martin Dibelius ; Rudolf Bultmann ; Evaluation -- 3. The rabbinic model. Gerhardsson's thesis ; Evaluation -- 4. The media contrast model. Erhardt Güttgemanns ; Werner Kelber ; Evaluation -- 5. Informal controlled oral tradition. Kenneth Bailey's model ; Bailey's data ; Evaluation -- 6. Memory and tradition. Individual memory ; Collective or social memory ; Memory in oral tradition ; Tradition and performance -- 7. Memory and orality in the Jesus tradition. James Dunn, Jesus remembered ; Richard Horsley (and Jonathan Draper) ; Rafael Rodriguez, Structuring early Christian memory ; Other contributions ; Conclusions -- 8. The role of eyewitnesses. Samuel Byrskog, story and history ; Rchard Bauckham, Jesus and the eyewitnesses -- 9. Probing the tradition. Mark and Paul ; Mark and Josephus ; Conclusions -- 10. Conclusion. Stability, change and the role of individuals ; Implications for historical Jesus research ; Implications for source criticism and Gospel interpretation ; Conclusion.
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