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Raymond Person s From Conversation to Oral Tradition is a rare book that synthesizes recent findings of Conversation analysis (CA), and brings them alive in the study of oral traditions. Conversation analysis has been guided by its vision of face-to-face interaction as a bedrock for human social life, and Person shows that insights from basic principles of social interaction can bring us a new grasp of underlying patterns of oral narratives. In that way, oral narratives are given a new life by opening up the tacit systematics of talk hidden beneath the surface of narratives. Ilkka Arminen, Department of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland

Raymond Person's From Conversation to Oral Tradition is a rare book that synthesizes recent findings of Conversation analysis (CA), and brings them alive in the study of oral traditions. Conversation analysis has been guided by its vision of face-to-face interaction as a bedrock for human social life, and Person shows that insights from basic principles of social interaction can bring us a new grasp of underlying patterns of oral narratives. In that way, oral narratives are given a new life by opening up the tacit systematics of talk hidden beneath the surface of narratives. -Ilkka Arminen, Department of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland This book is a fascinating introduction to a field that can support any scholar of biblical narrative traditions. It will be especially helpful to anyone studying the Pentateuch, the historical books, or the Gospels and would be useful in any doctoral seminar. - Michael R. Simone, S.J., Boston College School o f Theology and Ministry, USA

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Raymond F. Person, Jr. is Professor of Religion at Ohio Northern University.

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