I really liked Monday's class. I've heard for a while now that you should look at a biblical text in a historical context. That is a lot easier said than done. Foster did a great job of really laying out what it would have been like to have lived in Israel. It's too easy to think of the gospel stories through a personal frame of reference. The list of forbidden things to do on the Sabbath was especially a nice part of the lecture. It really does make since that the priests would list those things because that is exactly what the people would be doing if they could.
AARON ABBOTT
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Looking at why the preists made the list it makes alot more sense now. Because that is what the people were doing ti wasn't just some nonsense that they made off the top of there head but instead just put out what was going on in the culture, i found that really cool
I liked the part of the lecture that had pictures. I am such a visual learner, so as uncool as the over head projecter is... I like the visual aid. His lecture was very much a review of New Testament but it tied everything together and provided a nice over view.
I agree, putting things into historical context seems extremely difficult and something that I'm not sure I will ever be able to get my head around. There are so many factors that contribute to the life of an ancient Israelite. Within the text, not only is there the wide spectrum of generalities but the sad realization that when it comes to most of the people mentioned, we will never know why they were the way they were or some of the character molding experiences that they encountered, such as Jesus' childhood or something of that nature. Obviously the writers of the text thought that it wasn't relevant to their writings and therefore didn't include it but it would have been interesting don't you think?
That last comment was posted by Toby Shelton
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