Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes: Patronage, Honor, and Shame in the Biblical World Afterlife and transmission of the biblical

and transmission of the biblical text for the life of the church

Meticulously researched and supplemented by historical images and explanatory sidebars

Gordon Keddie

If God knows everything

Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes: Patronage, Honor, and Shame in the Biblical World Afterlife and transmission of the biblicalThe Bible was written within collectivist cultures. When Westerners, immersed in individualism, read the Bible, it's easy to misinterpret important elements or miss them altogether. In any culture, the most important things usually go without being said. So to read Scripture well we benefit when we uncover the unspoken social structures and values of its world. We need to recalibrate our vision. Combining the expertise of a biblical scholar and a