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Culture & Context: Romans
Romans is Paul’s longest letter, written around AD 57. There is no question of authorship, as Paul identifies
himself as the writer in his greeting (Romans. 1:1-7). Paul had a secretary named Tertius who did the
actually writing (Rom. 16:22 I Tertius, who wrote this letter, greet you in the Lord.), which was customary in
a time when writing was done with scarce resources. We think nothing of writing something and re-writing it
as we edit, because we don’t have to write on pap


Culture & Context: Psalms
After years of wandering, the sinful generation (except for Joshua and Caleb) had died out, Moses had passed the torch of leadership
The Bible has five “poetry” books: Job (yup, Job is considered poetry, as well as wisdom literature), Psalms,
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon (which is one of the most explicit love poems ever
written!). Poetry is just one of the forms of literature in the Bible. There is a flow-chart in the Joshua, Part 2
blog that shows some of


Culture & Context: Joshua Part 2
After years of wandering, the sinful generation (except for Joshua and Caleb) had died out, Moses had passed the torch of leadership
Historically, this is during the Bronze Age, which ran from circa 3000 BC to 1125 BC. The Macedonian peoples were strongly impacted by the invasion of Greek-speaking people, who brought their culture and their metalworking talents. Their pottery and jewelry became a mixture of Macedonia and Greek influences, while the introduction of copper and
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