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Historical Background

Historical Background. 2. Culture: Social customs, mores, traditions. 1. History: Politics, Dates, Individuals. 3. Geography: Topography, weather, flora, fauna.

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Historical Background

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  1. Historical Background 2. Culture: Social customs, mores, traditions 1. History: Politics, Dates, Individuals 3. Geography: Topography, weather, flora, fauna. This would include: Dress, food, homes, weddings, funerals, dance, mourning, tools, literature, war, etiquette, agriculture, employment, taxation, religion, holidays, economics, etc.

  2. Why be concerned about this? 2. Christianity is Historically based. 1. A passage can’t mean what it never meant. 3. It helps you appreciate the Bible and its characters. 4. You can’t understand the NT without understanding the OT.

  3. Paul’s Culture Shock Today Egalitarian, communication, sexual openness • Relationships between men and women Politics Democratic, freedom, capitalism Popular Culture Dichotamized; entertainment; time; money; individualism vs. Corporate identity; shame/honor

  4. Two ways of investigating: 2. External: Using sources other than the Bible such as other ancient historians and modern reference tools. 1. Internal: Allowing the Bible to become a commentary on the Bible. Investigative Questions: Who, what, where, when, why, how?

  5. Internal Historical Investigation: 2. Read the OT until it is second nature 1. Listen carefully to your text through repeated readings. 3. Notice marginal readings and references. Examples: Weddings, shepherding, feasts, war, birth, legal proceedings, worship, etc.

  6. 2. Historians: Josephus (AD 37-95); Tacitus (AD 55-117); Plutarch (AD 46-120). External Historical Investigation 3. Philosophers: Seneca, Epictetus, Philo. 4. Talmud and Mishna – Jewish oral tradition. 1. Atlases (e.g. Acts 18:18-22; Acts 27). 5. Early Church Fathers--Clement of Rome, Ignatius (c. A.D. 115). 6. Apocrypha--Epistle of Barnabas (c. 130); Shepherd of Hermas (c. 140 . 7. Archaeology & Sociology. 8. Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Commentaries.

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