Janet Stahl

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.

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

Mar 29, 2025

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Janet Stahl

in Book Reviews, Very Low Orality Reliance ■□□□□, Vol. 2 No. 1 (2025)

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…

Janet Stahl

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