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    The document provides questions to consider when analyzing the cultural context behind a text, including the cultural, religious, historical, and geographical world at the time it was written, as well as the author, intended audience, and social roles and relationships portrayed.

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    Behind The Text

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    The document provides questions to consider when analyzing the cultural context behind a text, including the cultural, religious, historical, and geographical world at the time it was written, as well as the author, intended audience, and social roles and relationships portrayed.

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    THE WORLD BEHIND THE TEXT

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    THE WORLD BEHIND THE TEXT

    What was going on when the text was written?


    CULTURAL CONTEXT
    ⮚ ORIGIN
    ⮚ What can we learn about the cultural world of the text (customs, beliefs and values)

    ⮚ RELIGIOUS WORLD
    ⮚ What information do we need to under the prevailing religious world of the text ( rituals,
    laws and traditions)

    ⮚ HISTORICAL WORLD
    ⮚ Around what time is the text set? What was happening in the community at that time?

    ⮚ GEOGRAPHICAL WORLD
    ⮚ Where in the world is the text set?
    THE WORLD BEHIND THE TEXT

    AUTHOR AND AUDIENCE


    ⮚ Who might have written, edited and/or translated the text?

    ⮚ Who was the text created for? What were the needs and background of the
    intended audience?

    ROLES AND RELATIONSHIPS


    ⮚ What can we learn about roles and relationships at the time of the text (e.g.
    men, women, priests, rich, poor and outcasts)?
    ⮚ How can we understand the relationship between the author and audience
    (subject matter, values and perspectives of the author)?

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