Orality, Oral Elements, and the Old Testament

John: If these people didn't know how to write, then why are they even bothering using metaphors that are based on writing? "I do think Peter has struck on the real issue there. And that is if something is old in our culture, it is insignificant," he says. The New Testament was not written down until what 60 or 90 years after the events by people who couldn't even write.