Jesus, the Middle Eastern Storyteller (Biblia.com)

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Communication in Jesus’ world involved the use of word pictures, dramatic actions, metaphors, and stories. Rather than lecture about religious corruption, Jesus refers to the Pharisees as “whitewashed tombs.” Rather than outline the failings of the Temple, he cures a fig tree. Without a perceptive and careful use of the culture of the ancient world, we read the stories of Jesus as foreigners.

private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, ‘Who do the crowds say I am?’ ” Privacy was not viewed in the same manner in Jesus’ world. One could be “praying alone” and yet have people nearby. JEWS PRAYING AT THE WESTERN/WAILING WALL IN THE 19TH CENTURY, JERUSALEM Library of Congress, LC-matpc-04800/www.LifeintheHolyLand.com When the disciples ask Jesus to teach them to pray, we are struck with how odd the question seems. These men are Jews. They know how to pray. Prayer has been a part

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