Lesson 3: The Contextual Horizon (1)
Quiz 2
We need to understand historical context so that we can avoid interpreting the Bible with contemporary assumptions.
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We may have culturally-conditioned assumptions today that the biblical authors and audience did not share with us.
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Most of our understanding of the historical context of Scripture should come through extrabiblical resources.
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For the scriptural quotations below, check all questions that should be asked. There may be more than one!
“I will take you… and make you like a signet ring, for I have chosen you” (2:23)
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“The word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel” (1:1)
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“Then Haggai said, ‘If someone who is unclean by contact with a dead body touches any of these, does it become unclean?’ The priests answered and said, ‘It does become unclean’” (2:13).
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“On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius” (2:10)
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“And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel” (1:14)
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