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Authors: Susan Niditch
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This book is an essential resource for understanding the question of the Bible's relationship to orality. Susan Niditch offers a strong argument for the continu
Beyond the Written Word
Language: en
Pages: 328
Authors: William Albert Graham
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993-03-11 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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The concept of 'scripture' as written religious text is re-examined, considering orally distributed sacred writings.
Struggling with God
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Authors: Mark McEntire
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Mercer University Press

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This textbook focuses primarily on the content and structure of the Pentateuch. The process which produced the Pentateuch and the long record of its use within
The Return of Oral Hermeneutics
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Authors: Tom Steffen
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Have Western exegetes turned an Eastern book into a Western one? Has our fondness for a fixed printed text capable of being analyzed with precision and exactitu
Orality and Literacy
Language: en
Pages: 209
Authors: Walter J. Ong
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-12-16 - Publisher: Routledge

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This classic work explores the vast differences between oral and literate cultures offering a very clear account of the intellectual, literary and social effect