1.0Saving God’s Facehttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/jacksonwuBrad Vaughnhttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/jacksonwu/author/jackwu/The Need for Oral Hermeneuticsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="2gZBt9uHOL"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/jacksonwu/2020/08/26/the-need-for-oral-hermeneutics/">The Need for Oral Hermeneutics</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/jacksonwu/2020/08/26/the-need-for-oral-hermeneutics/embed/#?secret=2gZBt9uHOL" width="600" height="338" title="“The Need for Oral Hermeneutics” — Saving God’s Face" data-secret="2gZBt9uHOL" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Have Western exegetes turned an Eastern book into a Western one? Has our fondness for a fixed printed text, capable of being analyzed with precision and exactitude, blinded us to other hermeneutic possibilities? Does God require all people to be able to analyze grammar to interpret Scripture? Does God assume all people can interpret Scripture through oral means?https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/576/2020/05/OH-9781532684807.jpg