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Cultural World of the New Testament

  1. Lesson One
    Honor and Shame in the Greco-Roman World
    8 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  2. Lesson Two
    Honor and Shame in 1 Peter
    7 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  3. Lesson Three
    Patronage and Reciprocity in the Greco-Roman World
    7 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  4. Lesson Four
    Patronage and Reciprocity in Hebrews
    7 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  5. Lesson Five
    Kinship and the Household in the Greco-Roman World
    7 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  6. Lesson Six
    Kinship and the Household in 1 Peter
    7 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  7. Lesson Seven
    Purity and Pollution in the Greco-Roman World
    7 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  8. Lesson Eight
    Purity and Pollution in Hebrews
    7 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  9. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    2 Activities

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Honor is desirable in and of itself, and considerations of honor (gaining it, preserving it, or the prospect of losing it) provided the fundamental motivations for choosing or avoiding a particular course of action or manifesting a particular characteristic.

– David deSilva, PhD

In this lesson, you learned how to:

  1. Explain key features of honor and shame in first-century culture.
  2. Reflect on how cultural aspects of honor and shame shaped how the early church related to God and to each other.
  3. Identify ways to integrate an awareness of honor and shame in New Testament culture into your own Bible reading.

Continue to Lesson 2: Honor and Shame in 1 Peter to observe how honor and shame are used to build up Christian communities in the book of 1 Peter.