@Stefos, I pretty much gave up trying to extract out any useful teaching or memorizing techniques when nothing was really documented back then. People just have to deal with the end results and try to see if they can extrapolate backwards into a method looking for clues in any related material.
The material I read was very vague about discussing orality at least around the time of Jesus. I wonder if there’s a little more help in any rabbinical writings even though writings weren’t starting to be codified until around 200 CE with the Mishnah. Dig in to Sefaria: a Living Library of Jewish Texts Online and see what you can find. (Do you know who was one of the founders of Sefaria? It was memory champion Joshua Foer!) You probably already know another rabbi or two for discussing the topic.
Thanks for getting my books! I am a little over halfway through a volume that tries to be a set of training exercises for the Memory Techniques volume. There was a sample in my Memory Toolkit but I decided to go full bore on all of the techniques. I’m up to about 150 pages. I slowed down writing due to health concerns but I’d like to see it through.
I had thought of doing mnemonic stories for the OT or at least the Psalms. I figured that if the monks could do it, I could too. That’s on a back burner for sure. The OT would be three volumes if I was crazy enough to try it.
In Christ,
Doug