Everyday Life in Old Testament TimesB. T. Batsford, 1956 - 240 pages |
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Page 44
... illustration it affords of the constant threat to civilized communities from nomadic groups in the age of the Patriarchs . More extensive illustration of the presence of nomadic bandits in western Asia ( including Palestine ) between ...
... illustration it affords of the constant threat to civilized communities from nomadic groups in the age of the Patriarchs . More extensive illustration of the presence of nomadic bandits in western Asia ( including Palestine ) between ...
Page 99
... illustration ( 42 ) shows the simplest form of yoke . The kind now used in Palestine is made of a single beam , shaped to the necks of the animals , with two pairs of wooden rods set in it at right angles so that they come down and fit ...
... illustration ( 42 ) shows the simplest form of yoke . The kind now used in Palestine is made of a single beam , shaped to the necks of the animals , with two pairs of wooden rods set in it at right angles so that they come down and fit ...
Page 190
... illustration , weights were often made in the shape of animals , but the Israelite specimens were simpler and cruder . Most of them were balls of limestone and some of the excavated examples bear rough inscriptions or markings to ...
... illustration , weights were often made in the shape of animals , but the Israelite specimens were simpler and cruder . Most of them were balls of limestone and some of the excavated examples bear rough inscriptions or markings to ...
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altar Amos ancient Archaeologist army Asherah asses Assyrian Babylon bricks building built called Canaanite Canaanite religion centre chariots clay David Debir desert Deuteronomy discovered doubt Egypt Egyptian eighth century B.C. everyday evidence example excavated Exile Exodus Ezion-geber feast feet flocks gate Genesis Gezer Calendar goats grapes ground Habiru hand harvest Hebrew Holy II Samuel illustration important instruments iron Isaiah Israel Israelite ivory jars Jeremiah Jeroboam II Jerusalem Joshua Judah kind Kings Lachish land limestone loom Megiddo metal military Mizpah month Moses nomadic Northern Kingdom Old Testament palace Palestine period Phoenician popular pottery priests probably prophets Psalm reference religion religious royal Samaria Samuel sanctuary scribes seal semi-nomadic sheep shekel shepherd shows slave Solomon songs stone story suggests Syria Temple thou thread tomb tradition unearthed unto village vineyards walls warp weft wine women wooden word