Context Matters: Dr. John Walton Explains Why

Thanks to Mobile Ed, you can sit under the dynamic instruction of professors like Dr. John Walton of Wheaton College from the comfort of your own living room.

Dr. Walton has been teaching about the the ancient cultures in which the Bible was written for more than 20 years. In his two-course set on Old Testament backgrounds, Dr. Walton teaches how to analyze the Old Testament text on its own terms, and understanding the original author’s intent in context.

Check out this animated preview to see the kinds of topics Dr. Walton addresses in these courses:

Context matters. That’s why we’ve built so many tools into Logos 6 to help you understand the culture in which the text was written. Cultural Concepts was designed with this very purpose in mind. Over 1,000 cultural concepts across 80,000 hand-labeled tags make ancient ideas accessible to modern readers like you and me.

Use tools like Logos 6’s Cultural Concepts and courses like Dr. Walton’s to deliver helpful and refreshing biblical insights to those around you.

Master Old Testament backgrounds with Dr. Walton’s two-course bundle, and get Logos 6 to continue learning with tools like Cultural Concepts.

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Ray Deck III

Born in WV, Ray escaped to North Carolina at a young age. He came to Logos after an 8 year stint at a faith-based nonprofit in New York. When he is not assembling sequences of words, he’s probably running, surfing or shooting skeet, but you should probably go look for him. He has a terrible sense of direction and is probably lost.

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