Culture, Culture, Culture!
Most theologians will cry out, “Context, context context!” But what many theologians often ignore is, “Culture, Culture, Culture!” Without understanding the culture of any given literary work, one will invariable misinterpret one thing or another. This is no different with the Bible. If we interpret the Bible from our own cultural perspectives, we are going to misinterpret the authors original intended meaning. This video provides a couple of examples of what happens when we allow our cultural perspective to influence how we interpret the facts, usually, incorrectly.
August 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Your welcome
August 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Love it “Seek Me and you shall find Me” Thanks for your help on finding “Him”
August 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
to what
August 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Okay, pertaining to the female attributes of the Ehhad; is any of the attributes related to the hebrew word womb, within the (cultural) contex of Provider?
August 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Deborah being a judge and prophetess; ruling with a righteous hand. What does kaph stand for in Ps 119? For in this Psalm, every single letter of the alphabet is explained in the following verses. So, that what quality of the characteristics of the Echad does kaph refer to?
August 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Tent and womb are two different words and are not related although this doesn’t mean that they may have seen them as similar. Palm tree is kaph (literally meaning the palm of the hand) which is anything that is palm shaped.
August 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Tent, hmmm a tent covers and protects, so does the womb of a woman. Are tent and womb related in Hebrew? And Deborah’s palm tree; does it say her tree too? What does palm tree stand for in the cultural context of those days?
August 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Hey, that’s interesting; the sentences in Sanskrit hang on a ‘washing line’ as I call it. Do they also write it underneath the line? Sanskrit is an ancient language as well, could they be related?
August 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Try this toledoghost. Go to a Rabbi (without mentioning Gen 9:21 or the other verses in question) and ask them to translate the following words;
אהלי
אהלך
אהלו
אהלה
Then come and let’s talk, I think you will be surprised.
August 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Re: Bereishit – Genesis 9:21
chabad. org/ library/ bible_cdo/ aid/ 8173
Are you seriously claiming that the Jews don’t know their own Torah after centuries of study and commentary? If not, then please explain why the text isn’t translated as you claim.
August 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
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Your Video was compled nice!
August 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
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August 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Spot on!! Great video….
May the Most High Bless you further…
Shalom Brother
August 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Thank you Yahoshua, I appreciate that
August 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Awesome video Jeff. Very educational. I enjoyed it thoroughly.
August 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Shalom littleamigos, actually, Yuratchka just finished a two part video on Shahhah and prokeneo, check it out, its very good.
August 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
AWESOME!!!!!! I agree 100%, culture is crucial!
PLEASE Jeff, make a video on “shahhah” and the Greek equivalent… “proskuneo”, since understanding culture is key to understand these words. Keep the videos coming.
August 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it. You are so correct, bias can creep in all over the place and is almost impossible to eliminate, no matter how careful we are. The trick is to realize that we are bias and be willing to bend, change and shift based on the facts. This is something the KJV onlyers will NEVER do.
August 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
As you have discovered zthustra, no matter period of history we study, cultures are different. But too often people just assume that all people think and act just like we do. I find the ancient cultures fascinating, whether they are Hebrews, Scots or Germanic (I’m descended from the Germanic peoples myself).
August 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
I’d like to see the KJV only people try to explain this one, since their text is “perfect” lol … Just as with all translations, there’s going to be a definite bias, whether it be cultural, theological, etc … Thanks for posting this, it was both informative & interesting.
August 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Great acer, glad you are finding them useful.
August 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
That is very true dunklaw, the tent was divided into two section, one side for the men and the other for the women. As we see in the Bedouin culture, only the father of the tent is allowed in the women’s side, however the women are allowed on the men’s side. 31:33 is, as you said, probably referring to her side of the tent.
August 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Thank you.
Without the benefit of your ancient Hebrew knowledge I guessed this after reading Friedrich Engels work The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State.
Culturally, in most early societies property is held by the sibling family with a strong matriarch. The males special place/role but the actual ownership falls to the children of the matriarch and her sibling sisters etc.
I also stumbled on this when researching my Scot ancestory.
August 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Good video Jeff – Culture is the key!
It appears that in Bible times larger tents were usually divided into at least two compartments by means of hanging tent cloths. The tent of Sarah mentioned at Genesis 24:67 may refer to her compartment or to a tent that she alone occupied, for some wealthy men had a number of tents, and women sometimes were assigned their own tents. (Ge 13:5; 31:33) Probably mats were used on the ground inside the tent.
August 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Great video Jeff.
Oh, and thanks for the help with power point. I uploaded the first part, but I’m too tired to do the second, so I’ll do it tomorrow. Oh, and yeah, the title of the new video is meant to catch attention and curiosity.