books.google.ca - The Apostle Paul expected the vast majority of the recipients of his letters to hear, not read, them. He structured his compositions for the ear rather than the eye. Pauline audiences would hear clues to meaning and structure because they had learned to communicate in a world where those clues were essential...http://books.google.ca/books/about/Oral_Biblical_Criticism.html?id=VjSvnWT1JCQC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareOral Biblical Criticism
