The Lost World of the Torah Quotes

“Although many Christians believe that the Law is obsolete, that we are no longer under the Law, and that the Law is impenetrable, and sometimes just silly, whenever a socioethical issue arises, they are quick to go to the Pentateuch to find the “biblical” position. It is probably not surprising that the position they find supported in the Bible just happens to be what they were inclined to think anyway.”
― John H. Walton, The Lost World of the Torah: Law as Covenant and Wisdom in Ancient Context

“In a hearing-dominant culture in which oral tradition often carried more authority than written tradition, it would not be expected that text would precede speech.”
― John H. Walton, The Lost World of the Torah: Law as Covenant and Wisdom in Ancient Context