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    Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes: Patronage, Honor, and Shame in the Biblical World
    Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes: Patronage, Honor, and Shame in the Biblical World
    Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes: Patronage, Honor, and Shame in the Biblical World
    Audiobook12 hours

    Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes: Patronage, Honor, and Shame in the Biblical World

    Written by E. Randolph Richards and Richard James

    Narrated by Tom Parks

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    About this audiobook

    The Bible was written within collectivist cultures. When Westerners, immersed in individualism, read the Bible, it's easy to misinterpret important elements-or miss them altogether. In any culture, the most important things usually go without being said. So to read Scripture well we benefit when we uncover the unspoken social structures and values of its world. We need to recalibrate our vision.

    Combining the expertise of a biblical scholar and a missionary practitioner, Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes is an essential guidebook to the cultural background of the Bible and how it should inform our reading. E. Randolph Richards and Richard James explore deep social structures of the ancient Mediterranean-kinship, patronage, and brokerage-along with their key social tools-honor, shame, and boundaries-that the biblical authors lived in and lie below the surface of each text. From Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar to Peter's instructions to elders, the authors strip away individualist assumptions and bring the world of the biblical writers to life.

    Expanding on the popular Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes, this book makes clear how understanding collectivism will help us better understand the Bible, which in turn will help us live more faithfully in an increasingly globalized world.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChristianAudio.com
    Release dateSep 29, 2020
    ISBN9781545915233
    Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes: Patronage, Honor, and Shame in the Biblical World
    Author

    E. Randolph Richards

    E. Randolph Richards (PhD, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) is provost and professor of biblical studies in the School of Ministry at Palm Beach Atlantic University. He is a popular speaker and has authored and coauthored dozens of books and articles, including Paul Behaving Badly, A Little Book for New Bible Scholars, Rediscovering Jesus, Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes, The Story of Israel, and Paul and First-Century Letter Writing.

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    • 2/5
      Hermeneutics is very important but assumptions do not allow one to put words in someone's mouth. Several arguments are made like "Because of this cultural consideration what Paul was really saying was. . ." It is possible that an author did not need to or want to say something so trying to authoritatively complete one's thoughts off of a cultural observations is likely over reaching the authority, completeness and inspiration of the biblical writers just an opinion
    • 4/5
      This was an insightful and thought provoking book! Loved it!
    • 5/5
      A clear and very interesting read on the collective society of biblical times. This book is also helpful for understanding the world around us today. I feel Like I understand my Bible and my social world better after listening to this book.

    • 5/5
      So many expanded ideas, well described, applicable to many people.