1. Biblical Storytelling in Adult 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 Culture Oral Medium of the Bible Sound Reception/ Audience Audiences Hermeneutical System Connections between stories and experience Performance Long stories with music Memory Memorized Stories

4. Medium of the Culture Manuscript Medium of the Bible Sound and image Reception/ Audience Audiences/ Readers Hermeneutical System Allegorical ideas and theology Performance Long readings of scripture, chanting Memory Memorized Manuscript

5. Medium of the Culture Print Medium of the Bible Text Reception/ Audience Readers Hermeneutical System Literal and Figural Interpretation Performance Shorter Reading with Minimal Chanting Memory Memorized Verses

6. Medium of the Culture Document Medium of the Bible Silent Text Reception/ Audience Silent Readers Hermeneutical System Historical Facts and Theological Ideas Performance Monotone, Objective Reading Memory No Memory

7. Medium of the Culture Digital Medium of the Bible Multimedia Reception/ Audience Audiences/ Readers/ Users Hermeneutical System Experience of Stories and Ideas Performance Multisensory, Highly Expressive Performance Events Memory Individual Internalization and Social Connectedness

8. The Bible and Communication Cultures

9. Original Context Stories, letters, prophesies performed Performance criticism Performance commentaries Meaning as experience Memorized performance as an exegetical methodology Re-conception of source, form, redaction, & narrative criticisms

10. Contemporary Context Biblical storytelling (oral & digital cultures) Memorized manuscripts Scripture by Heart Meaning as experience Digital culture interpretation Multimedia translation Re-conception of worship, mission, proclamation Restructured lectionary

11. Contemporary Context Biblical storytelling (oral & digital cultures) Memorized manuscripts Scripture by Heart Meaning as experience Digital culture interpretation Multimedia translation Re-conception of worship, mission, proclamation Restructured lectionary

12. Contemporary Context Biblical storytelling (oral & digital cultures) Memorized manuscripts Scripture by Heart Meaning as experience Digital culture interpretation Multimedia translation Re-conception of worship, mission, proclamation Restructured lectionary

13. Contemporary Context Biblical storytelling (oral & digital cultures) Memorized manuscripts Scripture by Heart Meaning as experience Digital culture interpretation Multimedia translation Re-conception of worship, mission, proclamation Restructured lectionary

14. Contemporary Context Biblical storytelling (oral & digital cultures) Memorized manuscripts Scripture by Heart Meaning as experience Digital culture interpretation Multimedia translation Re-conception of worship, mission, proclamation Restructured lectionary

15. Biblical Storytelling in Adult Formation Dr. Tom Boomershine GoTell Communications, Inc. www.gotell.org