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Join Dr. Craig Keener, a foremost expert in biblical backgrounds, as he provides principles for interpretation along with excellent examples. See the parable of the Prodigal Son through the eyes of a Pharisee, learn the dangers involved in using allegory rather than analogy, and appreciate the contrast between Emperor Augustus and Jesus in the story of the first Christmas. Dr. Keener draws from...

unclean, even if they weren’t immoral. In fact, there was a saying that Jewish women were unclean one week out of every month, but Samaritan women were unclean every week out of every month from the time that they were babies. Further, wells were notorious. I mean, where did Jacob meet Rachel? Where did Isaac’s steward meet Rebecca? Where did Moses meet Zipporah? At wells. An ancient thought that wells were good places sometimes to find mates. So what’s she supposed to think? She may think that He is flirting