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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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Jesus Himself recognized that following Him would jeopardize natural kinship connections, and so speaks of His followers as forming a new family together around Him.

– David deSilva, PhD

In this lesson, you learned how to:

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

Continue to Lesson 6: Kinship and the Household in 1 Peter to see how 1 Peter helps believers reframe their relationship to other believers and to God.