A Cultural Handbook to the Bible |
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| Author:
| Pilch, John J. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8028-6720-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2012 |
| Publisher: | William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $47.99 |
Book Description:
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The task of interpreting the Bible -- which was written by and to people living in very different cultural contexts from contemporary Western society -- can seem monumental. The opposite is also true: people can easily forget that studying the Bible is a type of cross-cultural encounter, instead reading their own cultural assumptions into biblical
The task of interpreting the Bible -- which was written by and to people living in very different cultural contexts from contemporary Western society -- can seem monumental. The opposite is also true: people can easily forget that studying the Bible is a type of cross-cultural encounter, instead reading their own cultural assumptions into biblical