tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post114550755885071635..comments2024-03-21T14:59:20.729-04:00Comments on NT Blog: Before the Written Gospel There Was—What?Mark Goodacrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05115370166754797529noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-1145865843901462272006-04-24T04:04:00.000-04:002006-04-24T04:04:00.000-04:00Hmmm....they finally looked into how non literate ...Hmmm....they finally looked into how non literate cultures transmit stories, and how literate men took those stories and refined them into literature...<BR/>You might want to check Tolkien's essays on Beowulf, which is a written revision of oral tradition, and his ideas on mythology: how stories are created from oral history.Nancy Reyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14910134058143426327noreply@blogger.com