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Winner of the Christian Book Award Gold Medal, International Impact Book Award, and Christian Indie Award for Theology.
"Through the Lens of An Ancient Yisra'elite Bible Study is a revealing, comprehensive work of biblical analysis." - Foreword Clarion Reviews
Through the Lens of an Ancient Yisra'elite Bible Study invites readers to encounter Scripture within its original cultural, covenantal, and linguistic world-before layers of Western interpretation reshaped the text. Instead of asking the Bible to conform to modern assumptions, this study restores its Hebraic voice by returning it to the people who first lived, heard, and preserved it.
Written by disabled U.S. military veteran, ordained minister, teacher, graphic designer, and award-winning author Benjamin N. Carrasquillo Jr., this 894-page study combines historical research, Hebraic worldview analysis, narrative structure, and accessible teaching to help modern readers engage the biblical text through ancient Yisra'elite understanding rather than later philosophical frameworks.
More than a devotional guide and more grounded than a theological essay, this book functions as a lens-cleaner for students of Scripture who want to see the biblical text on its own terms. With clarity and accessibility, it explores how concepts such as honor and shame, communal identity, covenantal relationships, Hebraic idioms, and ancient Near Eastern worldview shaped the original meaning and intent of biblical passages.
In this study readers will explore:
Ancient Yisra'elite worldview systems
Hebraic language and idioms
Covenant and communal identity
Honor-shame culture
Biblical narrative structures
Historical and cultural interpretation of Scripture
Contextual biblical understanding through ancient Near Eastern perspective
Ideal for readers interested in:
Biblical Hermeneutics
Historical and Cultural Bible Study
Hebraic Roots
Ancient Near Eastern Context
First-Century Biblical Perspective
Covenant Theology
Historical Theology
Scripture Interpretation and Biblical Literacy
