Historical-Cultural Context =The Historical Milieu for the Historic-Literary Hermeneutic pg 82

1. What is the general historical milieu in which the writer speaks?

• First, What is the general historical situation facing the author and his audience?

• Second, knowledge of what customs will clarify the meaning of given actions.

• Virkler gives three illustrating examples here that are contested in the next slide

• Third, what was the spiritual disposition of the audience?

• An important first step, then is to study the historical-cultural milieu in which the author wrote.