The Backdrop - 09/15/19

In this supplemental pod, Curtis gives some of the background context for John 1:1-9. Topics include the ancient understanding of creation, the culture of Ephesus, and why the Bible has authority in the first place.

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Resources mentioned include:
John: A Commentary by Marianne Meye Thompson

Scripture and the Authority of God by N.T. Wright

The World of the New Testament: Cultural, Social, and Historical Contexts edited by Joel Green and Lee Martin McDonald

Backgrounds of Early Christianity by Everett Ferguson

Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament: Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible by John Walton

The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate by John Walton