Episode 33: Ancient Near Eastern Thought and The Old Testament - Interview With John Walton

Interpreting Scripture is about three things; context, context, context. There are different kinds of context when it comes to interpreting The Bible. There's  "Immediate Context" which is to interpret a verse in light of the verses that come before and after, there's the context of scripture as a whole, and there's cultural context. When it comes to that last one, much homework needs to be done. Cultural context is reading a biblical passage the way it's original author and audience would have understood it, according to their cultural cognitive environment. Knowing the cultural context can sometimes let you see additional meaning to a passage or even to alert you to how you may have been reading something INTO the text something that was never there. In this episode, Evan Minton interviews Leading Old Testament scholar John Walton on his book "Ancient Near Eastern Thought and The Old Testament" which helps people to do just that. 

"Ancient Near Eastern Thought and The Old Testament: can be purchased here -->  https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Near-Eastern-Thought-Testament/dp/1540960218