Nick Acker, an OT scholar, explores new discoveries in oral traditions and identifies several commonly used rhetorical features, such as repetition of themes, catchwords, patterns, and activation. He then demonstrates the recognition of these features in a text to help in the interpretation of portions of Judges, Habbakuk, the synoptic Gospels, the Gospel of John, and portions of Paul’s epistle to the Romans.
Acker, N. (2024). Exegeting orality: Interpreting the inspired words of scripture in light of their oral traditional origins. Wipf & Stock. ISBN 978 1 6203 2942 9.
Janet is a member of Wycliffe Bible Translators with an assignment to Seed Company as Orality Consultant. She has an MA in Bilingual Multicultural Education. Since 2007, Janet and her husband Jim have been working with partners around the world to develop the capacity to lead oral Bible storytelling projects among people who do not have written Scriptures. In 2024, she completed a certificate in Biblical Storytelling from the Academy for Biblical Storytellers (ABS). She is currently enrolled in the ABS Masters-level course.
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