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Ancient Cultural Backgrounds

Contextualizing the Bible is essential to understanding it. Here, you'll find titles that shed light on the ancient cultures in and around which the Scriptures were written.

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Veiled Disciples
Scot McKnight and Lucy Peppiatt
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Moses
J. Daniel Hays
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God Spoke Through Her
Nijay K. Gupta
A Woman's Place Is in the Story: Seeing Women in the Biblical Narrative, By Sandra L Glahn
A Woman's Place Is in the Story
Sandra L Glahn
The IVP Atlas of Bible History, By Paul Lawrence
The IVP Atlas of Bible History
Paul Lawrence
The Underwater Basilica of Nicaea: Archaeology in the Birthplace of Christian Theology, By Mark R. Fairchild
The Underwater Basilica of Nicaea
Mark R. Fairchild
Hear Ye the Word of the Lord: What We Miss If We Only Read the Bible, By D. Brent Sandy
Hear Ye the Word of the Lord
Brent Sandy
The Lost World of the Prophets: Old Testament Prophecy and Apocalyptic Literature in Ancient Context, By John H. Walton
The Lost World of the Prophets
John H. Walton
Nobody's Mother: Artemis of the Ephesians in Antiquity and the New Testament, By Sandra L. Glahn
Nobody's Mother
Sandra L Glahn
Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church, By Nijay K. Gupta
Tell Her Story
Nijay K. Gupta
The Cross in Context: Reconsidering Biblical Metaphors for Atonement, By Brad Vaughn
The Cross in Context
Brad Vaughn
Honor, Patronage, Kinship, and Purity: Unlocking New Testament Culture, By David A. deSilva
Honor, Patronage, Kinship, and Purity
David A. deSilva
Finding Messiah: A Journey into the Jewishness of the Gospel, By Jennifer M. Rosner
Finding Messiah
Jennifer M Rosner
Apocrypha, Edited by Sever Voicu
Apocrypha
Edited by Sever J. Voicu
Exploring the New Testament: A Guide to the Letters and Revelation, By I. Howard Marshall and Stephen Travis and Ian Paul
Exploring the New Testament
I. Howard Marshall and Stephen Travis and Ian Paul
Exploring the New Testament: A Guide to the Gospels and Acts, By David Wenham and Steve Walton
Exploring the New Testament
David Wenham and Steve Walton
Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes: Patronage, Honor, and Shame in the Biblical World, By E. Randolph Richards and Richard James
Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes
E. Randolph Richards and Richard James
Spiritual Practices of Jesus: Learning Simplicity, Humility, and Prayer with Luke's Earliest Readers, By Catherine J. Wright
Spiritual Practices of Jesus
Catherine J. Wright
A Week In the Life of Ephesus, By David A. deSilva
A Week In the Life of Ephesus
David A. deSilva
A Week in the Life of a Greco-Roman Woman, By Holly Beers
A Week in the Life of a Greco-Roman Woman
Holly Beers
Ministering in Patronage Cultures: Biblical Models and Missional Implications, By Jayson Georges
Ministering in Patronage Cultures
Jayson Georges
The Liturgy of Creation: Understanding Calendars in Old Testament Context, By Michael LeFebvre
The Liturgy of Creation
Michael LeFebvre
A Week in the Life of a Slave, By John Byron
A Week in the Life of a Slave
John Byron
Reading Romans with Eastern Eyes: Honor and Shame in Paul's Message and Mission, By Brad Vaughn
Reading Romans with Eastern Eyes
Brad Vaughn
The Lost World of the Torah: Law as Covenant and Wisdom in Ancient Context, By John H. Walton and J. Harvey Walton
The Lost World of the Torah
John H. Walton and J. Harvey Walton