By no means do we have to reckon exclusively with oral tradition... Personally I have... tried to typologize the so - called «prophetical literature» in two main groups: «The liturgical type» («liturgy» taken as a purely form -
literary term) to be found in Nah., Hab., Joel, «Deuter - Isa,» et al., with real «
writers» behind them, and probably from the very beginning taken down in writing, and «the diwan type» (no very good term, I admit), e.g., Am., Proto - Isa., etc.,
primarily resting on oral transmission...
He holds the position of Art Director for The Manila Review, a Filipino
literary criticism and arts journal and is the Head of Design for The Office of Culture and Design, a platform for artists,
writers and projects that investigate solutions for (
primarily) developing world issues.