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The last three decades have seen an explosion of biblical scholarship on the presence and consequences of the oral expression of tradition among Jesus’ followers, especially in the earliest decades of the Common Era. However, this scholarship is abstract and technical and, to date, no introductory discussion exists to introduce students to these complex issues being discussed at higher levels of...

community will intervene if the essential elements of the tradition are altered, omitted, or falsified. According to Bailey, the haflat samar would include the following kinds of material: proverbs, story riddles, poetry, parables, and historical accounts of important local figures (6–7). Bailey then proceeds to discuss the three levels of control the community might exercise over their traditions: no flexibility (for proverbs and poems), some flexibility (for parables and historical accounts), and
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