THATCHER, T. / C. KEITH / R. F. PERSON JR. / E. S. STERN, EDS.: THE DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE AND ANCIENT MEDIA Media Studies and Biblical Studies: An Introduction Abecedaries, Christopher Rollston, George Washington University, USA Actual past, Tom Thatcher, Cincinnati Christian University, USA Alexandria, Library of, Joel Kalvesmaki, Dumbarton Oaks, USA Amarna Letters Amulets, Carol Fontaine Andover Newton Theological School, USA Answerability, Barbara Green, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, USA Apocalypses, Early Christian, Leslie Baynes, Missouri State University, USA Apocalypses, Early Jewish, Philip Esler, University of Gloucestershire, UK Archetype/schema, Barry Schwartz, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Archives/Libraries, Matthew Larsen, Yale University, USA Assmann, Jan, Jens Schroeter, University of Berlin, Germany Audience address/asides, Tom Boomershine, United Theological Seminary, USA Authorship (Concept of), Hindy Najman, Yale University, USA Bakhtin, M. M., Barbara Green, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, USA Baptism, Everett Ferguson, Abilene Christian University, USA Bauman, Richard, Randy Lumpp, Regis College, USA Biosphere, Tom Thatcher, Cincinnati Christian University, USA Blessings and Curses, Melissa Ramos, University of California-Los Angeles, USA Bultmann, Rudolf, Werner Kelber, Rice University, USA Calendars (Time Mapping), Sacha Stern; Helen Jacobus Canon/Scripture, Tomas Bokedal, University of Aberdeen, UK Cartography (Space Mapping), Ora Limor, The Open University of Israel, Israel; Oded Irshai, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Catechism, Marcie Lenk, Shalom Hartman Institute, Israel Cave of Letters (Nahal Hever), Mladan Popovic, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands Chirograph, Werner Kelber, Rice University, USA Chronotope, Barbara Green, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, USA Circumcision, Sandra Jacobs, King's College-London, UK Codeswitching, Sang-il Lee, Chongshin University, South Korea Codex, Erin Vearncombe, Princeton University, USA Cognitive/Personal Memory, Rob McIver, Avondale College, Australia Coins, David Wenkel, Moody Bible Institute, USA Collective memory, Sandra Huebenthal, Universität Passau, Germany Collective/Social Memory, Alan Kirk, James Madison University, USA Colon, Margaret Lee, Tulsa Community College, USA Communicative economy, Shem Miller, University of Mississippi, USA Communicative memory, Sandra Huebenthal, Universität Passau, Germany Conversation Analysis, Ray Person, Ohio Northern University, USA Countermemory, Judith Odor, Asbury Theological Seminary, USA Culley, Robert, Fiona Black, Mount Allison University, Canada Cultural memory, Sandra Huebenthal, Universität Passau, Germany Cylinder seals, Mark Ziese, Johnson University, USA Dance, Angela Yarber, Wake Forest University, USA Dead Sea Scrolls and Other Judean Desert Texts, Bennie Reynolds, Tyndale University College, Canada Death and Mourning Rituals, Seth Sanders, Trinity College, USA Dialogism, Barbara Green, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, USA Dibelius, Martin, Samuel Byrskog, Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University, Sweden Discourse Analysis, Stan Porter, McMaster Divinity College, Canada Drama, Joann Brant, Goshen College, USA Dundes, Alan, Wolfgang Mieder, University of Vermont, USA Early Christian Literature, Tobias Nicklas (Universität Regensburg, Germany) and Julia Snyder (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany) Early Jewish Literature, Eva Mroczek, University of California-Davis, USA Education in Ancient Israel, Ray Person, Ohio Northern University, USA Education in Hellenistic Israel, Heather Gorman, Johnson University, USA Elephantine Papyri, Verena Lepper, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany Enchiridion, Judith Odor, Asbury Theological Seminary, USA Enochic literature (mainly 1 Enoch), Rodney Werline, Barton College, USA Epigraphy, Christopher Rollston, George Washington University, USA Equiprimordiality, Werner Kelber, Rice University, USA Ethnography of speaking, Randy Lumpp, Regis College, USA Ethnopoetics, Randy Lumpp, Regis College, USA Eucharist, Jens Schroeter, University of Berlin, Germany Exorcism, Ida Fröhlich, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Hungary Fasting, Finnegan, Ruth, Eric Eve, Harris Manchester College, UK Flashbulb Memories, Rob McIver, Avondale College, Australia Foley, John Miles, Ray Person, Ohio Northern University, USA Folkloristics, Song-Mi "Suzie" Park, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, USA Form Criticism, Samuel Byrskog, Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University, Sweden Formula, Aaron Tate, University of Wisconsin, USA Genealogies, Ingeborg Löwisch, Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands Genre, Aubrey Buster, Emory University, USA Gerhardsson, Birger, Samuel Byrskog, Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University, Sweden Gist, Rob McIver, Avondale College, Australia Glossalalia, David Allen, Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, UK Glossolalia, David Allen, Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, UK Goody, Jack, Randy Lumpp, Regis College, USA Gospel reading/performance, Tom Boomershine, United Theological Seminary, USA Graffiti, Craig Evans, Houston Baptist University, USA Great Tradition/Little Tradition, Tom Thatcher, Cincinnati Christian University, USA Greco-Roman Theories of Media, Tom Thatcher, Cincinnati Christian University, USA Greek poetry Gunkel, Hermann, Samuel Byrskog, Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University, Sweden Guslar, Ray Person, Ohio Northern University, USA Haftarah, Elsie Stern, Reconstructionis Rabbinical College, USA Halbwachs, Maurice, Barry Schwartz, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Hallel, Elsie Stern, Reconstructionis Rabbinical College, USA Havelock, Eric, Randy Lumpp, Regis College, USA Hebrew poetry, Katherine Hayes, Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, USA Hexapla, John Meade, Phoenix Seminary, USA Historiography (Ancient), Beth Sheppard, Duke University, USA Homeric question, Aaron Tate, University of Wisconsin, USA Hot Memory/Cold Memory, Tom Thatcher, Cincinnati Christian University, USA Household items, Carol Meyers, Duke University, USA Houses, David Balch, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary Hymes, Dell, Randy Lumpp, Regis College, USA Hymns, Eva Mroczek, University of California-Davis, USA Iconography, Carol Fontaine, Andover Newton Theological School, USA Identity (Social and Personal), Coleman Baker, Texas Christian University, USA Initiation Rituals, Michael Hundley, Syracuse University, USA Intersemiotics, Dan Fitzgerald, Nida Institute for Biblical Scholarship, USA Intertextuality/Canon Criticism, Hindy Najman, Yale University, USA Ipsissima verba/structura, Tom Boomershine, United Theological Seminary, USA Jamnia/Yavneh, Ed Gallagher, Heritage Christian University, USA Jesus Tradition, Rafael Rodriguez, Johnson University, USA Jousse, Marcel, Werner Kelber, Rice University, USA Jubilees, Bennie Reynolds, Tyndale University College, Canada Kelber, Werner, Eric Eve, Harris Manchester College, UK Lector, Dan Nässelqvist, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Letters, Minna Shkul, University of Sheffield, UK Letters, Minna Shkul, University of Sheffield, UK Literacy, Chris Keith, St. Mary's University, UK Long term/short term memory (operation and characteristics), Marti Steussy, Christian Theological Seminary, USA Lord, Albert, Scott Garner, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, USA LXX, John Meade, Phoenix Seminary, USA Manuscript, Chris Keith, St. Mary's University, UK Master Myths/Narratives, Yael Zerubavel, Rutgers University, USA McLuhan, Marshal, Tom Boomershine, United Theological Seminary, USA Meals/Banquets, Andrea Lieber, Dickinson College, USA Memory Persistence and Decay, Rob McIver, Avondale College, Australia Memory Theater, Tom Thatcher, Cincinnati Christian University, USA Metonymy, Katherine Hayes, Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, USA Mishnah, Catherine Hezser, SOAS University of London, UK Monuments, Warren Carter, Brite Divinity School, USA Mouvance MT, John Meade, Phoenix Seminary, USA Multiformity, Shem Miller, University of Mississippi, USA Murals/mosaics, Sean Burrus, Duke University, USA Music, John Arthur Smith, Church of Norway Narrative Gospels, Rafael Rodriguez, Johnson University, USA Narrativity, Werner Kelber, Rice University, USA Niditch, Susan, Suzie Park, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, USA Nonverbal Communication (In Performance), Whitney Shiner, George Mason University, USA Oaths, Tony Cartledge, Campbell University, USA Ong, Walter, Randy Lumpp, Regis College, USA Oral Tradition, The Comparative Study of, Werner Kelber, Rice University, USA Orality, Eric Eve, Harris Manchester College, UK Orality/Literacy References Ordeals, invited Michael Hundley, Syracuse University, USA 1/27 Original, Terrence Mournet, Ashland Theological Seminary, USA Orthography, Chris Rollston, George Washington University, USA Ostraca, Mark Ziese, Johnson University, USA Papias (on writing), Stephen Carlson, Australian Catholic University, Australia Papyrus, Brice Jones, University of Louisiana at Monroe, USA Parables (of Jesus), Dieter Roth, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany Parchment/Vellum, Brice Jones, University of Louisiana at Monroe, USA Parry, Milman,Scott Garner, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, USA Passion Narrative, Ellen Aitken, McGill University, Canada Pauline Literature, Minna Shkul, University of Sheffield, UK Performance Arena, Shem Miller, University of Mississippi, USA Performance