http://oraltradition.missouri.edu/articles en-us 40 Oral Tradition comments <p>The 2008 Rice University conference will be devoted to an examination of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, with particular sensitivity extended to the aesthetic, compositional, and performative aspects of the three faiths in their historically appropriate media contexts. Beginning with the pre-modern period and reaching into our postmodern world, the philological, textual paradigm has served as the intellectual matrix for classical and biblical scholarship, for medieval studies and for the study of world religions. The intellectual accomplishments of this paradigm are incontestable, monumental even.</p> <p>Rice University, Houston, Texas: April 12 – 14, 2008</p> <p>For more information see the <a href="http://www.voicestexts.rice.edu/conferences.cfm" title="Orality and Literacy VII: Oral-scribal Dimensions of Scripture, Piety and Practice in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam">conference Web site</a> .</p> Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:23:00 CDT <a href="/articles/2008/03/23/DEAD-orality-and-literacy-vii-oral-scribal-dimensions-of-scripture-piety-and-practice-in-judaism-christianity-and-islam">Orality and Literacy VII: Oral-scribal Dimensions of Scripture, Piety and Practice in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam</a> <a href="/articles/2008/03/23/DEAD-orality-and-literacy-vii-oral-scribal-dimensions-of-scripture-piety-and-practice-in-judaism-christianity-and-islam">Orality and Literacy VII: Oral-scribal Dimensions of Scripture, Piety and Practice in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam</a>