Contents Acknowledgements List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations Introduction 1 Textual Criticism 2 Media Criticism 3 Media Studies 4 Summary1 Oral Performance 1 Oral Performance of Members 2 Oral Performance of Leaders 3 Conclusion2 Oral Tradition and Oral Authority 1 Oral Tradition 2 Oral-Traditional Texts 3 Oral Law and Oral Authority 4 Oral Transmission 5 Conclusion3 Oral-Written Textuality 1 Stichometry and Colometry 2 Literary Functions of Stichography 3 Oral Functions of Stichography 4 Sociolinguistic Setting of Stichography 5 Conclusion4 Oral-Written Register 1 Special Layouts 2 Spacing Techniques 3 Special Codes 4 Conclusion5 Cultural Memory 1 Performance Criticism 2 Sociolinguistic Context of the Hodayot 3 Cultural Memory of Membership 4 Performance Role of the Maskil 5 Cultural Memory of Leadership 6 Conclusion6 Scribal Memory 1 Scribal Memory and Scribal Performance 2 Long-Term Memory 3 Episodic Memory 4 Short-Term Memory 5 The Hodayot 6 The Community Rule 7 Conclusion Conclusion 1 An Ancient Media Criticism 2 Dead Sea Media Bibliography.