This looks at why something happened. They did not look at the world like we do. Remember that all Biblical culture is not the same – it varies over time and place. For instance, Greco-Roman culture was drastically different from Israelite culture during the monarchy.
Questions
- What did they believe? (Whether religious or otherwise)
- What did they value?
- What are their customs and manners?
- What did their technology look like?
- Why did someone do something?