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What if the Bible wasn’t originally designed to be read silently—but heard aloud in a deeply oral culture?

In this interview, Dr. John Walton and Dr. Brent Sandy (authors of The Lost World of Scripture) explain how the ancient world functioned very differently from ours. Scripture emerged from a hearing-dominant culture, where teachings were preserved through trusted oral tradition, not strict word-for-word replication.

This raises important questions for modern readers:

Does “inerrancy” require exact wording?

How did oral cultures preserve truth reliably?

Are we reading the Bible through the wrong lens?

Their insights challenge modern assumptions while offering a richer understanding of biblical authority and transmission.