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Culture & Context: The Gospel of Luke
Year 2 begins with the gospel of Luke. He is not identified by name in the gospel, but was well known by early believers. Acts 27:1- 28:15 places the author in Rome along with the apostle Paul. Luke was not an apostle nor did he witness to the gospel events; however, being a companion of Paul, who was an apostle of Jesus, gave him direct access to source material. Both his gospel and the book of Acts were written in letter form to Theophilus.


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: 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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