TY - BOOK AU - Upton, Bridget Gilfillan TI - Hearing Mark's endings : : listening to ancient popular texts through speech act theory T2 - Biblical interpretation series, SN - 97890041479119004147918 AV - BS2585.52 .G55 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - Leiden ; Boston : PB - E. J. Brill, KW - Xenophon, of Ephesus. Ephesiaca.Bible. Mark, XV, 40-XVI, 20--Criticism, interpretation, etc.Speech acts (Linguistics) N1 - Orality and aurality in the ancient world -- Oral language in antiquity : what might a text designed for hearers look like? -- Repetition in Xenophon of Ephesus : an Ephesian tale 5.13-5.15 -- Repetition in Mark 15:40-16:8 -- Speech act theory as an appropriate branch of pragmatics -- A speech act reading of Xenophon of Ephesus : an Ephesian tale 5.13.1-5.15.4 -- A speech act reading of Mark 16:1-8 -- A speech act reading : 'the longer ending' -- A speech act reading : 'the shorter ending' -- Conclusion -- Appendices: Texts ER -