Oral Roberts\u2019 grandson<\/a>, Randy Roberts Potts,\u00a0wrote an opinion piece for the Washington Post<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n Two Friars and a Fool continues examining common claims and arguments against homosexuality and homosexuals<\/a>, this time tackling the \u201csin of Sodom\u201d and explaining why it had nothing to do with homosexuality (even though Miriam-Webster\u2019s Dictionary would say this subject fits under the heading of this post)<\/p>\n Jim Getz mentions a new organization<\/a> focused on the reception and use of important texts, including their (oral) recitation. They are the <\/span>Society for Comparative Research on Iconic and Performative Texts<\/span><\/a> (SCRIPT). <\/p>\n A forthcoming book looks at everyday writing in the Greco-Roman east<\/a>, fragments of mundane writing and the evidence it gives us about these primarily oral societies and their tongues.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Michael Kok<\/a> reviews Maurice Casey\u2019s new book on the historical Jesus. Diglotting continues reviewing <\/a>The Human Faces of God<\/a> <\/em>as it tackles the subject of whether Jesus was wrong about the end of the world. Wilderness Preacher<\/a> dares to question what the Bible says, while Century Blog<\/a> considers editing it. Of course, these last\u00a0four links\u00a0have almost nothing to do with the original theme of this blog post. But if you\u2019re part of the Google generation<\/a>, you\u2019ve probably forgotten what that theme was \u2013 if you\u2019ve even read this far!<\/p>\n A particular word\/name\/concept seems to appear in lots of otherwise diverse and even unrelated blog posts from today\u2026 Paul and Scripture shares papers from the upcoming 2010 SBL Annual Meeting, including one by Ben Witherington entitled \u2018IN PRINCIPIO ERAT VERBUM\u2019: Sacred Texts in an Oral Culture Oral Roberts\u2019 grandson, Randy Roberts Potts,\u00a0wrote an opinion piece […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-6536505004352134426?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\")