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» Formation of the Oral Tradition.
   The first of two pages on topics such as the comparison of ancient and modern techniques to record events, a chronology of how the Pentateuch moved from an oral tradition to a written text, and some examples of the earliest pieces of the oral tradition.
   http://www.catholicevangelism.org/h-scripture1.shtml

» On the Reliability of Oral Tradition
   A defense of the oral tradition against some of the arguments of Jesus Seminar thinking as well as arguments for the use of both oral and written traditions.
   http://www.tektonics.org/ntdocdef/orality01.html

» Oral Tradition and Biblical Scholarship
   A short article on oral tradition and the border where oral meets written as an integral part of modern biblical scholarship.
   http://muse.jhu.edu/demo/oral_tradition/v018/18.1niditch.html

» Oral Tradition in New Testament Studies
   An article on the importance of oral communication in the formative period of what became New Testament literature.
   http://muse.jhu.edu/demo/oral_tradition/v018/18.1horsley.html

» Oral Tradition in the New Testament
   This article lists many passages in the New Testament in which oral tradition is cited in support of doctrine.
   http://www.chnetwork.org/journals/sola/sola8.htm

» Oral Transmission
   The oral tradition of the New Testament in the period between A.D. 30 and 65, when the gospel material circulated by word of mouth.
   http://www.paulonpaul.org/jesus/sources_2.htm