Should Orality Return in Bible Interpretation and Communication?

Authors

  • Tom Steffen

Keywords:

orality, hermeneutics, interpretation, steffen

Abstract

The absence of orality in Bible construction and communication is the “big forgot” and “fatal flaw” for many interpreters coming from book cultures. Overlooking or trivializing orality diminishes God-intended emotive impact, aesthetics, and meaning because the hermeneutic oxygen for interpreting Bible narratives is found in orality.  Including holistic orality will make interpretation and application of the spoken-written word of God much more oral, natural, relational, impactful, communicatable, universal, and God -focused; it will take interpreters beyond the theological headlines to a fuller, richer author-intended meaning.



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Published

2024-10-05