Introduction
Without understanding the culture in which the Bible was written, you cannot not understand the Bible and what it is trying to say.
“But the language is not the only aspect that needs to be translated. Language assumes a culture, operates in a culture, serves a culture, and is designed to communicate into the framework of a culture. Consequently, when we read a text written in another language and addressed to another culture, we must translate the culture as well as the language if we hope to understand the text fully.”
Quote from: John H. Walton. “The Lost World of Genesis One.” iBooks. https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-lost-world-of-genesis-one/id870735215?mt=11