> I don't think that this is a convincing argument. In the case you
>cite, a visual component may have had just as great or even greater effect,
>by having aboriginal mortuary apprentices observing the tradition and then
>passing it on to their apprentices. In that way, the transmission of
>information would be different from the oral Genesis account. Visual images
>are very powerful; that's probably why most instructions come with graphic
>components. In fact, a lot of instructions (e.g., replacing the toner
>cartridge in a laser printer) now often come without text.
You make oral tradition sound like a bad memory assignment from 3rd grade.
Have you ever seen a story teller from the South? They tell oral tales.
But they don't just sit there like lumps on a log verbalizing the tale.
They move, they gesture, they act out, they change their voice. Oral
tradition always involves the visual.
glenn
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