02918nam a2200457Ia 4500 ocn850862980 OCoLC 20200709055817.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 130626s2012 ilu ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9780830837823 0830837825 9780830863471 (electronic bk.) 0830863478 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)850862980 575648 (N$T) BS511.3 .R523 2012 REL 006150 bisacsh 220.6/7 23 N$TA Richards, E. Randolph (Ernest Randolph) Misreading Scripture with Western eyes [electronic resource] : removing cultural blinders to better understand the Bible / E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. O'Brien. Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Books, c2012. 1 online resource (240 p.) Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-225) and index. Serving two masters : mores -- The Bible in color : race and ethnicity -- Just words? : language -- Captain of my soul : individualism and collectivism -- Have you no shame? : honor/shame and right/wrong -- Sand through the hourglass : time -- First things first : rules and relationships -- Getting right wrong : virtue and vice -- It's all about me : finding the center of God's will. 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. Biblical scholars Brandon O'Brien and Randy Richards shed light on the ways that Western readers often misunderstand the cultural dynamics of the Bible. They identify nine key areas where modern Westerners have significantly different assumptions about what might be going on in a text. Drawing on their own crosscultural experience in global mission, O'Brien and Richards show how better self-awareness and understanding of cultural differences in language, time and social mores allow us to see the Bible in fresh and unexpected ways. Description based on print version record. Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible Social scientific criticism. RELIGION / Biblical Reference / Quotations bisacsh Electronic books. O'Brien, Brandon J. Print version: Richards, E. Randolph (Ernest Randolph). Misreading Scripture with Western eyes. Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Books, c2012 9780830837823 (DLC) 2012027652 (OCoLC)794032443 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=575648 EBSCOhost EBSC 575648 cpp1794 02 N$T 53069 53069