Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible
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In whatever place and whatever age people read the Bible, we instinctively draw from our own cultural context to make sense of what we’re reading.
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Another way to say this is that the most powerful cultural values are those that go without being said.
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When we miss what went without being said for them and substitute what goes without being said for us, we are at risk of misreading Scripture.