The essays in this collection address the competing and complementary roles of visual media, forms of memory, oral performance, and literacy and popular culture in the ancient Mediterranean world. Incorporating both customary and innovative perspectives, the essays advance the frontiers of our understanding of the nature of ancient texts as regards audibility and performance, the vital importance of the visual in the comprehension of texts, and basic concepts of communication, particularly the need to account for disjunctive and non-reciprocal social relations in communication. With contributions by: David Balch, Pieter J.J. Botha, Daniel Boyarin, Robert Coote, Kristina Dronsch, John Foley, Holly Hearon, Catherine Hezser, Richard Horsley, Werner Kelber, Roger Nam, Susan Niditch, David Rhoads, Annette Schellenberg, Andreas Schuele, Trevor Thompson, Teun Tieleman, David Trobisch, Annette Weissenrieder, Antoinette Clark Wire, Ruben Zimmermannweiterlesen