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Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible

Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Scriptures

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What was clear to the original readers of Scripture is not always clear to us. Because of the cultural distance between the biblical world and our contemporary setting, we often bring modern Western biases to the text.

By: E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. O'Brien

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Notes
New - recommended by Anna Marie Graham. Ready - WF 26 Nov 2021
Pages
240
Publisheddate
2012-11-04 00:00:00
Publisher
IVPress
Resourceauthor
Richards, E. Randolph
Secondaryauthors
O'Brien, Brandon J.
Shorttitle
Misreading Scripture Through Western Eyes
Article Details
Notes
New - recommended by Anna Marie Graham. Ready - WF 26 Nov 2021
Pages
240
Publisheddate
2012-11-04 00:00:00
Publisher
IVPress
Resourceauthor
Richards, E. Randolph
Secondaryauthors
O'Brien, Brandon J.
Shorttitle
Misreading Scripture Through Western Eyes
Subtitle
Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Scriptures
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