It is helpful to the understanding of these metaphors to know that the Markan gospel was written four decades after Jesus, and therefore, the story of the Syrophoenician woman initially floated around as an oral tradition, which may not live up to the exact details but preserves, nonetheless, what Phillip Sellew refers to as description, performance and demonstration. The pericope was then retold, or more correctly put, redacted, by Matthew a decade or two after the Markan gospel was written, therefore making it possible that Matthew could have acquired the story completely from Mark rather th...

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The Old Testament was first told in oral tradition and was later collected and written down over centuries primarily in Hebrew. ... Before his revelations were recorded they were told orally amongst his followers. ...

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After the sudden death of Mohammed in 632, Caliph Abu Bakr ordered one of the prophets companions to collect, from oral and written sources, all of Mohammed's utterances (Quran page 225). ... A second source of guidance for most Muslims is al-Hadith (Tradition), a vast body of transmitted stories of what the Prophet said or did or what was said or done in his presence and so approved by him (Foundations page 225). ... While Jesus and Mohammed were on Earth, their stories and teachings were passed on orally, so the need to write them down was not necessary. ...

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The Bible notes several roles the Holy Spirit plays in the lives of people today. The Holy Spirit works in many additional ways. For example, one of these roles is to serve as a helper or comforter to us. The writing of the Bible itself was inspired by the Holy Spirit. It was the Holy Spirit that in...

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There has to have been an event that lead to an oral tradition because most of all the early civilizations have a story that includes a worldwide flood. With things such as this one then must wonder if the biblical account was written first and the other accounts learned from this, or if the biblical account was written after people knew of the other traditions. ...

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I've also read that Jesus" words were passed down by oral tradition and weren't actually recorded until someone felt like writing them down. ... "The power of faith has so forcefully driven the minds of most believers, and even apologetic scholars, that the question of reliable evidence gets obscured by tradition, religious subterfuge, and outrageous claims (Walker, nobeliefs.com)." ...

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The audience of Luke would have listened to the stories through the oral tradition of the time. ... Fitzmeyer uses the translation of "kateklithe", which would characterize the dinner as a festive banquet and would situate Jesus and the guests reclining, a banquet tradition in Palestine at the time. ...

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A second source of guidance for most Muslims is al-Hadith (Tradition), a vast body of transmitted stories of what the Prophet said or did or what was said or done in his presence and therefore approved by him It was Muhammad's contention that Christianity had departed from belief in God's message as revealed in their Scriptures. ... While Jesus and Mohammed were on Earth, their stories and teachings were passed on orally, so the need to write them down was not necessary. ...

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The Talmud, named after the Hebrew word for instruction or learning, is considered second to the Torah and is composed as a record of rabbinic discourse regarding the oral law. ... Those oral instructions were verbally handed down from generation to generation until there came a time of crisis where it was finally written down. ... According to Solomon, the theme of prayer "establishes the continuity of Oral with Written Torah and suggests that relationship with God is key to the Sages' understanding of the world.... " This is the most well-known passage of the Hebrew Scriptures...

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