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- Chapter 1: Culture And interpretation - Chapter 2: What do we mean by culture - Chapter 3: Culture , Language and meaning - Chapter 4: Environment And Meaning - Chapter 5: Economy and meaning - Chapter 6: Technology and meaning - Chapter 7: Social organization and meaning - Chapter 8: Political orginization and meaning -Chapter 9: Social Control And Meaning

Scholarly discussions of biblical interpretation often ignore the fact that language and literature form an integral part of a people's culture, that interpretation therefore implies the total cultural system of the relevant literature, and that biblical interpretation consequently implies inter-cultural communication. This book explores the theoretical and practical implications of this observation from a cultural anthropological perspective, looks at recent anthropological studies of ancient Israelite society, supplies practical examples of a cultural interpretation of ancient Hebrew narratives, and discusses the impact of the notions 'cultural relativity' and 'inter-cultural communication' for biblical interpretation.