William Shiell
Biographic Data
| ID | 1230339 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William Shiell |
| GIVEN NAMES | William |
| FAMILY NAME | Shiell |
| SIGNATURE | SHIELL W |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
"Singing to "Lord Jesus Christ
Religious audiences frequently hear prose hymns as a part of their ceremonies. The "Lord Jesus Christ" hymn in Philippians 2.6-11 is one such example. The Philippian hymn fits an audience's performance expectations compared to other Greek and Jewish prose hymns and performances. A slave lector likely recited or sang the hymn when delivering the epistle and directly addressed at least four named recipients. This article examines the narrative link…
Reading Acts
William Shiell proposes that the book of Acts was performed orally by a lector in the early church following Greco-Roman rhetorical conventions for recitation and delivery rather than directly read by an audience that was minimally literate. Shiell's study outlines the function of the lector in Greco-Roman times as a filter through which an audience would receive a text. He describes the conventions for performers' gestures, facial expressions, a…
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Reading Acts
William Shiell proposes that the book of Acts was performed orally by a lector in the early church following Greco-Roman rhetorical conventions for recitation and delivery rather than directly read by an audience that was minimally literate. Shiell's study outlines the function of the lector in Greco-Roman times as a filter through which an audience would receive a text. He describes the conventions for performers' gestures, facial expressions, a…
"Singing to "Lord Jesus Christ
Religious audiences frequently hear prose hymns as a part of their ceremonies. The "Lord Jesus Christ" hymn in Philippians 2.6-11 is one such example. The Philippian hymn fits an audience's performance expectations compared to other Greek and Jewish prose hymns and performances. A slave lector likely recited or sang the hymn when delivering the epistle and directly addressed at least four named recipients. This article examines the narrative link…
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