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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... oral tradition . That is the case with both the Old and New Testaments , so the rules or principles of oral tradition may well apply . Second , oral transmission is a common but not absolutely essential factor in defining folklore ...
... oral tradition . That is the case with both the Old and New Testaments , so the rules or principles of oral tradition may well apply . Second , oral transmission is a common but not absolutely essential factor in defining folklore ...
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... oral tradition only, these scholars supposedly were able to distinguish between folklore (oral tradition) on the one hand and the Bible (written tradition) on the other. Once the oral criterion is re- moved or shown to be inadequate ...
... oral tradition only, these scholars supposedly were able to distinguish between folklore (oral tradition) on the one hand and the Bible (written tradition) on the other. Once the oral criterion is re- moved or shown to be inadequate ...
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... tradition . Orally transmitted folklore such as proverbs and legends can survive relatively intact for centuries with no help from written sources . In modern times , we tend to rely heavily upon print or other means of recording data ...
... tradition . Orally transmitted folklore such as proverbs and legends can survive relatively intact for centuries with no help from written sources . In modern times , we tend to rely heavily upon print or other means of recording data ...
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... Oral Tradition and Historicity " ( 1972 ) . For representative discussions focused on the Middle East or the Bible , see Eduard Nielsen's Oral Tradition ( 1954 ) , Dov Zlotnick's " Memory and the Integrity of the Oral Tradition " ( 1984 ...
... Oral Tradition and Historicity " ( 1972 ) . For representative discussions focused on the Middle East or the Bible , see Eduard Nielsen's Oral Tradition ( 1954 ) , Dov Zlotnick's " Memory and the Integrity of the Oral Tradition " ( 1984 ...
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... oral literature " here ? The reason is that the Bible , in my view , is orally based , but it is ob- viously a written document . Hence it makes some sense to call the Bible oral literature . It is codified oral tradition , or codified ...
... oral literature " here ? The reason is that the Bible , in my view , is orally based , but it is ob- viously a written document . Hence it makes some sense to call the Bible oral literature . It is codified oral tradition , or codified ...
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