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Torah sheba’al Peh – The Oral Torah and Jewish Tradition. by John J. Parsons. During Shavuot we revisit the miracle of the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, but you

In African societies, oral tradition is the method in which history, stories, folktales and religious beliefs are passed on from generation to generation.

Oral gospel traditions, cultural information passed on from one generation to the next by word of mouth, were the first stage in the formation of the written gospels.

According to Rabbinic Judaism, the Oral Torah or Oral Law (Hebrew: תורה שבעל פה ‎, Torah she-be-`al peh, lit “Torah that is spoken”) represents those laws

Importance of the Oral Tradition Before the gospels were composed, Jesus’ first followers sustained his memory by sharing stories of his life, death and teachings.

ORAL LITERATURE 115 A second controversy concerns the definition of the folk in terms such as folklore and folk literature. In the traditional definition the

Performance and Performer: The Role of Tradition in Oral Epic Song by Casey Dué. The following video clips are excerpted from two lectures given

This bibliography on African oral tradition, history, and literature in translation—to be frequently updated— represents highlights from the last fifty years of

LINKS TO UNIT 1. LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE. Bernard Evslin Prometheus. Olivia Coolidge. Theseus and the Minotaur. LINKS TO UNIT 2. RELATIONSHIPS. Laurence Yep