Biblical Storytelling in Adult Formation

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Biblical StorytellinginAdult Formation

• Dr. Tom Boomershine
• GoTell Communications, Inc.
• www.gotell.org

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Sensory Registers
Attention
Short Term Memory
Chunking
Repetition
Long Term Memory
Episodic storage/retrieval
Syntactic storage/retrieval
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Medium of the Bible
Performance
Long stories with music
Sound
Medium of the Culture
Oral
Hermeneutical System
Reception/Audience
Connections between stories and experience
Audiences
Memory
Memorized Stories
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Medium of the Bible
Performance
Long readings of scripture, chanting
Sound and image
Medium of the Culture
Manuscript
Hermeneutical System
Reception/Audience
Allegorical ideas and theology
Audiences/ Readers
Memory
Memorized Manuscript
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Medium of the Bible
Performance
Shorter Reading with Minimal Chanting
Text
Medium of the Culture
Print
Hermeneutical System
Reception/Audience
Literal and Figural Interpretation
Readers
Memory
Memorized Verses
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Medium of the Bible
Performance
Monotone, Objective Reading
Silent Text
Medium of the Culture
Document
Hermeneutical System
Reception/Audience
Historical Facts and Theological Ideas
Silent Readers
Memory
No Memory
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Medium of the Bible
Performance
Multisensory, Highly Expressive Performance Events
Multimedia
Medium of the Culture
Digital
Hermeneutical System
Reception/Audience
Experience of Stories and Ideas
Audiences/ Readers/ Users
Memory
Individual Internalization and Social
Connectedness
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The Bible and Communication Cultures
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Performance commentaries
Re-conception of source, form, redaction,
narrative criticisms
Stories, letters, prophesies performed
Original Context
Performance criticism
Meaning as experience
Memorized performance as an exegetical methodology
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Restructured lectionary
Scripture by Heart
Multimedia translation
Biblical storytelling (oral digital cultures)
Contemporary Context
Memorized manuscripts
Meaning as experience
Digital culture interpretation
Re-conception of worship, mission, proclamation
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Restructured lectionary
Scripture by Heart
Multimedia translation
Biblical storytelling (oral digital cultures)
Contemporary Context
Memorized manuscripts
Meaning as experience
Digital culture interpretation
Re-conception of worship, mission, proclamation
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Restructured lectionary
Scripture by Heart
Multimedia translation
Biblical storytelling (oral digital cultures)
Contemporary Context
Memorized manuscripts
Meaning as experience
Digital culture interpretation
Re-conception of worship, mission, proclamation
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Restructured lectionary
Scripture by Heart
Multimedia translation
Biblical storytelling (oral digital cultures)
Contemporary Context
Memorized manuscripts
Meaning as experience
Digital culture interpretation
Re-conception of worship, mission, proclamation
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Restructured lectionary
Scripture by Heart
Multimedia translation
Biblical storytelling (oral digital cultures)
Contemporary Context
Memorized manuscripts
Meaning as experience
Re-conception of worship, mission, proclamation
Digital culture interpretation
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Biblical StorytellinginAdult Formation

• Dr. Tom Boomershine
• GoTell Communications, Inc.
• www.gotell.org