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Talkin’ the Talk that WalksThree Myths About Oral Transmission
James Patrick Holding
Tekton Apologetics Ministries
http://www.tektonics.org
“Skeptics silenced….rogues refuted.”
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Talkin’ the Talk that WalksWhy Is It Important?
• To defend the integrity of the Biblical record
• To understand the world of the Bible better The APAS Principle:
Were people in Bible times stupid -- unlike us?
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Can You Get It Out of Your Head?Mr. Clean gets rid of dirt and grime and grease in just a minute, Mr. Clean will clean your whole house and everything that's in it. Mr. Clean Mr. Clean. Mr. Clean.
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Myth #1: It’s Unreliable!Claim: “Studies show human memory is fallible.”
Elizabeth Loftus
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Myth #1: It’s Unreliable!
BUSTED!
• Memory studies dealt with impression accounts – not things people worked to memorize.
• Ancient people had powerful memory techniques.
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Example: “Parallelism”
BUSTED!
Fred admires people with integrity and who have character.
Fred admires people who have integrity and who have character.
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Myth #2: It’s Inferior to Writing!Claim: “It would all have been much clearer if Jesus had written things down.”
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Myth #2: It’s Inferior to Writing!
BUSTED!
This claim is the result of a bias called graphocentrism – the assumption that if it is important, it will be written down.
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“Why Couldn’t Jesus Shop Here?”
“I sure didn’t write anything down myself….why do you expect Jesus to have done so?”
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Myth #3: It’s Worthless Hearsay!
Claim: “Our courts don’t admit hearsay. Why should we?”
(Blame THIS guy for this one!)
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Myth #3: It’s Worthless Hearsay!
BUSTED!
• Nearly everything we believe is hearsay
• Critics misuse the legal definitions
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Further Reading
• http://www.tektonics.org/ntdocdef/orality01.html
• http://www.tektonics.org/gk/hearsay.html
• http://www.christian-thinktank.com/loftus.html
• http://www.tektonics.org/tsr/paperweight.html
• http://www.tektonics.org/gk/jeswrite.html