exegesis – OralityTalks https://oralitytalks.net Journal • Webinar Fri, 01 May 2026 03:21:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://oralitytalks.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cropped-OralityTalks-Icon-Gray-32x32.png exegesis – OralityTalks https://oralitytalks.net 32 32 228068180 Emotion Exegesis for Faithful Oral Bible Translation: Understanding the Emotional Dynamics of Scripture (Part 1) https://oralitytalks.net/emotion-exegesis-1/ https://oralitytalks.net/emotion-exegesis-1/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:35:28 +0000 https://oralitytalks.net/?p=3450 While methods for tackling many of the issues that Bible translators commonly faced have already been refined over the decades, Bible translators have, by and large, not needed to translate the emotional dynamics of Scripture that could only be captured by voice. All of that is changing now that oral Bible translation has come onto the scene. In the last decade, oral Bible translation has grown from translation projects in a few dozen languages to translations in around a thousand languages. This 2-part paper presents a summary of my thesis findings on the topic of emotion exegesis for Bible translation. In the first part of the paper, I present three theoretical perspectives that Bible translators need to understand emotions in light of recent scientific discoveries.

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]]> https://oralitytalks.net/emotion-exegesis-1/feed/ 1 3450 Narrative Preaching https://oralitytalks.net/narrative-preaching-2/ https://oralitytalks.net/narrative-preaching-2/#respond Mon, 10 Nov 2025 01:33:34 +0000 https://oralitytalks.net/?p=3291 Narrative preaching connects deeply with people because everyone loves a story. Life itself unfolds through stories, and the Bible is filled with them. Ezekiel Ajibade explores how preachers can communicate God’s truth through storytelling that is artistic, rhetorical, and theological. By praying, selecting complete plots, using imagination, and structuring sermons inductively, preachers can engage listeners’ hearts and minds. Narrative preaching helps people not just hear Scripture but experience its transforming power.

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