Biblical Storytelling in Adult Formation

1. Biblical StorytellinginAdult Formation Dr. Tom Boomershine GoTell Communications, Inc. www.gotell.org

2. Sensory Registers Attention Short Term Memory Chunking Repetition Long Term Memory Episodic storage/retrieval Syntactic storage/retrieval

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. The Bible and Communication Cultures

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Biblical StorytellinginAdult Formation Dr. Tom Boomershine GoTell Communications, Inc. www.gotell.org