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Pros

It is to my mind, however, more of an introduction to all the varied contexts surrounding the authorship of these first century documents than it is a definitive resource. This book is fantastic. I would recommend it to anyone.

Thought-provoking, challenging, and engaging. Takes off your culturally tinted glasses and helps open your eyes to the truths intended from the outset. Highlights many of the main differences westerners and non-westerners have in terms of world view.

Misreading scripture with western eyes is a welcome addition to other volumes on biblical interpretation. There are many books that provide details of cultural elements that existed during biblical times. I wish there was a bit more focus on the hebre... Read More

Grasping god’s word, 3rd ed. Richards and o’brien write, “if we want to follow jesus faithfully and help others do the same, we need to do all we can to allow the scriptures to speak to us on their own terms. I especially love that the authors are not... Read More

Cons

They analyze scripture innacurately and haphazardly. I have to agree with many of the reviews that this book misses the mark so often that it isn’t worth finishing.

Author claims that the bible shows private space or time in a negative light. They assert that this theological truth is key to not losing faith. I disagree completely and find their theological assertions on this aspect incomplete and given the lack ... Read More

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Quality

With myself and with the role that my culture plays in my understanding of god

Well written easy to read and very interesting

I started off agreeing with the authors

Information on ane gender roles would have helped provide background to understand for example jesus’ encounter with the woman in cana

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cultural, western, biblical and good.

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This product had a total of 2,181 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 6 2023.