{"id":43622,"date":"2026-03-15T08:37:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T14:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=43622"},"modified":"2026-03-15T08:37:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T14:37:01","slug":"through-the-lens-of-an-ancient-yisraelite-bible-study-by-benjamin-n-carrasquillo-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=43622","title":{"rendered":"Through the Lens of An Ancient Yisra\u2019elite Bible Study by Benjamin N Carrasquillo Jr"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Challenging, meticulous, and thought-provoking…<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carrasquillo challenges the modern reader\u2019s approach to Scripture in Through the Lens of an Ancient Yisra\u2019elite Bible Study, an expansive work that argues the Bible has long been interpreted through the wrong cultural frame. The author contends that many readers sense a gap between what churches teach and what the biblical text actually says. As he writes, readers often notice \u201ca contrast between what is preached from the pulpit and what is written in the Bible.\u201d The author believes that this contrast emerges not from Scripture itself but from centuries of interpretation shaped by Western traditions rather than the ancient Israelite world that produced the text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Central to Carrasquillo\u2019s argument is the idea that readers unknowingly approach the Bible through a cultural filter. He calls this interpretive framework a \u201cprism,\u201d explaining that people develop \u201cour own filtering process, or prism\u2014in modern terms something similar to a firewall.\u201d Through this lens, cultural assumptions, religious upbringing, and inherited doctrine shape how Scripture is understood before readers even realize it. The book urges readers to become aware of that prism and to examine how it may distort the meaning of ancient texts. Carrasquillo repeatedly reminds readers that the Bible belongs first to its original audience. \u201cThe Bible was not written TO us, but FOR us,\u201d he writes, emphasizing that understanding Scripture requires stepping into the historical world of its authors. That approach leads the book into discussions of hermeneutics, ancient languages, Jewish traditions, festivals, and theological concepts often overlooked in modern teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result is a sweeping, provocative study that challenges familiar interpretations while urging readers to reconsider how they approach the biblical text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WestBow Press<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pub date May 28, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ISBN 979-8385038084<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Print length 894 pages<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price $69.99 (USD) Hardcover, $49.99 Paperback, $3.99 Kindle edition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Challenging, meticulous, and thought-provoking… Carrasquillo challenges the modern reader\u2019s approach to Scripture in Through the Lens of an Ancient Yisra\u2019elite Bible Study, an expansive work that argues the Bible has long been interpreted through the wrong cultural frame. The author contends that many readers sense a gap between what churches teach and what the biblical text actually says. As he writes, readers often notice \u201ca contrast between what is preached from the pulpit and what […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":43624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[7223,723771594,91,3328,178,723771597,723771596,723771598,1136176,3748,776078,1473,1008073,856121,309,723771595,349],"class_list":["post-43622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-author","tag-benjamin-n-carrasquillo-jr","tag-blogging","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-christian-bible-study-books","tag-christian-business-professional-growth","tag-christian-personal-growth","tag-indie-books","tag-non-fiction","tag-non-fiction-book-review","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-through-the-lens-of-an-ancient-yisraelite-bible-study","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-blA","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/81NcXAgHdL._SY425_.jpg?fit=283%2C425&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43622"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43625,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43622\/revisions\/43625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}