um you stated he was only talking to those around him...
I would argue he was discussing things that would be relivant generations later
so really your proposal was false.... given the context it was in
I disagree, parable by their very nature ofen transcend culture or time....
which is why we can read parables today, that are still relivant.
Of course we can look to judaism...which has had oral teachings, and still does..for centuries if not longer...although the age of "oral torah" is an...
oral law was taught more back then...
such that, teachings were handed down from memory
in fact for some schools of "religion" one had/has to memorize stories, rites, ideas
etc before one is allowed to teach any thing
reasons for this include, tradition, as I just mentioned
and several others...
The post was by jeremy puma not the guy that was banned though....
there were lots fo groups back then, so I agree that I think it is difficult to make absolute statements