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that these books were probably written in.
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They have different points of view,
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different situations, different theologies,
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different genres.
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They use confusing in-house language.
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I'll point out that in-house language throughout the semester,
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and we'll talk about how it should be interpreted.
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And these texts almost defy interpretation by a modern person,
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unless you have guidance from a historian and expert likemoi.
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Let's do this little trick again.
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Instead of looking at the documents from the outside,
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let's look at what would an early Christian church look like