What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
Misreading scripture with western eyes is the premier volume to the “misreading scripture’ series. This book is a pair of glasses with the right prescription that will enable westerners with individualist astigmatism to read scripture anew with clarit... Read More
In the biblical world, marriages were most commonly arranged. While we might argue who is greater in the trinity, the new testament asserts that each part of the trinity honors the other.
The dynamic among kinship, patronage, and brokerage relationships. Part 2 identifies the societal tools utilized to encourage the intrinsic values.
When the bible describes god in language similar to patron/client relationships, it helps us to understand god’s expectations on his people. I as an individual am restored to god. The bible teaches i'm saved--into a community.
Cons
The author makes the assumption that western theology is based out of a eurocentric failure to understand collectivist mid-east culture. This book is a heretical mess.
Highlights
Quality
Obviously i am impressed with the writing
This book is a pair of glasses with the right prescription that will enable westerners with individualist astigmatism to read s... Read More
P130 instead collectivist cultures tend to use shame as a boundary for appropriate behavior in order to draw people into the ri... Read More
The book sometimes works in the same way that a picture puzzle will play tricks with the senses an observation that was previou... Read More
Competitiveness
It opened the flood gates of understanding to the biblical world
“our scriptures arose in a collectivist world… so it would help us to learn a bit about collectivist cultures
It is a problem of living as gods family in a fallen world
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Formatstructure the book weighs in at 15 chapters dispersed among three parts
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Initial thoughts at first i was a little disappointed
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The book wasnt written poorly hard to engage with or anything like that but i couldnt help but think “huh there are so many similarities between this and hellerman’s work after finishing the second chapter devoted to kinship
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This however is of little importance to paul
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How does this play into individualist vs
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The son only does what the father says jn 519
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The son allows many to disrespect him but he says no one should disrespect the spirit mt 123132
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The spirit only glorifies the son jn 1614
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