Journal – OralityTalks

Current Issue

Orality & Hermeneutics

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2025)

This issue explores the theme of Orality & Hermeneutics—a field that may seem new but is, in fact, a rediscovery of how Scripture was originally received, interpreted, and lived out by Jewish communities and the early church. Far from replacing established hermeneutical methods, orality-based approaches enhance and complement them by reconnecting interpretation with communal, oral, and performative contexts.

Oral Hermeneutics?

Charles Madinger
Rethinking the Old Wineskins of “Academic” for the New Wine of Oral and Oral-Preference Learners

Larry W. Caldwell
Oral Hermeneutics in Theological Education

Laurence Gatawa
Oral Ethics: How can Oral Hermeneutics Build a Christian Ethic?

Caroline Reel
Exegeting Orality: Interpreting the Inspired Words of Scripture in Light of Their Oral Traditional Origins

Janet Stahl

Editorial

Editorial Board

Published tri-annually by OralityResources.International, Institutes for Orality Strategies, ISSN: 3028–1377).

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Submission Guidelines

Orality Level

As a journal, we cater to a wide range of needs and preferences to discover and share in the emerging field of orality. Here, we offer multiple platforms and entry points to engage in regional or global conversation. They correlate with orality reliances ranging from very high to very low.