Best Books for the Background of the Bible | Historical-Cultural Context

Ever wished for a tool that could unlock the deep cultural context of the Bible for you?
In order to read the Bible well and not import our own ideas into Scripture, we need to know about the world of the Bible or the historical-cultural context. In this episode, I share some of the best resources and tools to help us better understand the background to the Bible.

0:00 Introduction
0:58 Study Bibles
2:08 Background Commentaries
3:59 Overviews
6:50 Primary Source Reader
7:23 Atlas
8:11 Conclusion

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5 Comments

  1. I have the Cultural Background Study Bible, and the IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament. Indeed, they are excellent resources for better understanding of the ancient world and cultures of the Bible. Another one that I have, and is also very good for this is the First Century Study Bible.

  2. Very informative video dude. I hope they’re all scholarly sources. I have a knack for cultural investigation.

  3. I found a Africa study bible, it contains a lot of deep cultural facts that we may not find in others bec cross cultural facts are key to know ancient israeelli cultures. See Leviticus 12 purity laws for parturient woman and child which is shown in Luke 2.22 for Jesus and Mary purification. Scholars are ignorant about it. I have written an article on Postpartum and postmartum impurity of Jesus on Academia

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