“A project of impressive intellectual profundity and audacity. This book will deeply change our understanding of the New Testament and other ancient Greek texts.”
—Werner H. Kelber, Isla Carroll Turner and Percy E. Turner Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies, Rice University

Sound Mapping
the New Testament

Margaret E. Lee
Bernard Brandon Scott

In the Hellenistic world, writings were read aloud, heard and remembered. But
modern exegesis assumes a silent text. The disjuncture between ancient and modern approaches to literature, argue Margaret Lee and Brandon Scott, obscures the beauty and meaning in writings such as the New Testament. Through a close analysis of writings from the four gospels, Paul, and Q, they advance a theory of sound analysis that will enable modern readers to hear the New Testament afresh.

“A fundamental breakthrough for biblical studies. . . . It will revolutionize the way scholars analyze and interpret texts.”
—Arthur J. Dewey, Xavier University

Polebridge Press
Paperback, 414 pages
 2009 ISBN 978-1-59815-015-5

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