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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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We need to decide if other Christians are just nice people we’re glad to be around or, indeed, the family God has given to us, and to whom God has given us, for eternity. Only if we are willing to view one another as the latter will we realize the depth of mutual commitment, encouragement, and help Jesus and His apostles intended for us to provide for one another.

– David deSilva, PhD

In this lesson, you learned how to:

  1. Interpret aspects of kinship in New Testament writings.
  2. Reflect on how kinship in the New Testament shapes how we think about and relate to God.
  3. Identify aspects of the appeals of kinship in the New Testament that can shape relationships in your own community of faith.

Continue to Lesson 7: Purity and Pollution in the Greco-Roman World to learn about how first-century Jews understood purity and pollution in light of God’s command to “be holy as I am holy.”