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