Holy Writ as Oral Lit: The Bible as FolkloreThis book helps us resolve some of the mysteries and contradictions that evolved during the Bible's pre-written legacy and that persist in the Great Book today. Most biblical scholars acknowledge that both the Old and New Testaments were orally transmitted for decades before appearing in written form. With great reverence for the Bible, Dundes offers a new and exciting way to understand its variant texts. He uses the analytical framework of folklore to unearth and contrast the multiple versions of nearly every major biblical event, including the creation of woman, the flood, the ten commandments (there were once as many as eleven or twelve), the names of the twelve tribes, the naming of the disciples, the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord's Prayer, and the words inscribed on the Cross, among many others. |
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... biblical scholars to recognize this that tends to invalidate all earlier research. By equating folklore with oral tradition only, these scholars supposedly were able to distinguish between folklore (oral tradition) on the one hand and ...
... biblical scholars to recognize this that tends to invalidate all earlier research. By equating folklore with oral tradition only, these scholars supposedly were able to distinguish between folklore (oral tradition) on the one hand and ...
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... biblical scholarship for this point of view . R. C. Culley , in “ An Approach to the Problem of Oral Tradi- tion , " puts the matter this way : “ The term ' oral literature ' is , of course , a contradiction , as is the term ' unwritten ...
... biblical scholarship for this point of view . R. C. Culley , in “ An Approach to the Problem of Oral Tradi- tion , " puts the matter this way : “ The term ' oral literature ' is , of course , a contradiction , as is the term ' unwritten ...
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... Biblical Narrative ( 1988 ) , Patricia G. Kirkpatrick , The Old Testament and Folklore Study ( 1988 ) , Robert C. Culley , Studies in the Structure of Hebrew Narrative ( 1976b ) and Themes and Varia- tions ( 1992 ) , Susan Niditch ...
... Biblical Narrative ( 1988 ) , Patricia G. Kirkpatrick , The Old Testament and Folklore Study ( 1988 ) , Robert C. Culley , Studies in the Structure of Hebrew Narrative ( 1976b ) and Themes and Varia- tions ( 1992 ) , Susan Niditch ...
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... biblical scholar of the twentieth century , clearly acknowledged the presence and role of oral tradition . For him , it was " a matter of indifference whether the tradition were oral or writ- ten , because on account of the unliterary ...
... biblical scholar of the twentieth century , clearly acknowledged the presence and role of oral tradition . For him , it was " a matter of indifference whether the tradition were oral or writ- ten , because on account of the unliterary ...
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... biblical times , members of the congregation were expected to commit songs and other texts to memory by reciting them over and over until they were completely memorized . Learning by rote could be accomplished almost anywhere . God ...
... biblical times , members of the congregation were expected to commit songs and other texts to memory by reciting them over and over until they were completely memorized . Learning by rote could be accomplished almost anywhere . God ...
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