Everyday Life in Old Testament TimesB. T. Batsford, 1956 - 240 pages |
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... kind of general reader who wishes to read the Bible and who knows from experience that it is wise to consult a guide - book before venturing abroad . To open the pages of the Old Testament is , indeed , to enter a foreign territory and ...
... kind of general reader who wishes to read the Bible and who knows from experience that it is wise to consult a guide - book before venturing abroad . To open the pages of the Old Testament is , indeed , to enter a foreign territory and ...
Page 118
... kind of frame , it may be said that the earliest loom came into being . Ancient looms were of two kinds - horizontal and vertical . The horizontal loom was pegged out on the ground and the weaver had to crouch at his work ( 56 ) . It is ...
... kind of frame , it may be said that the earliest loom came into being . Ancient looms were of two kinds - horizontal and vertical . The horizontal loom was pegged out on the ground and the weaver had to crouch at his work ( 56 ) . It is ...
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... kind of medicine which drew more on primitive superstitions than on scientific observation , or a form of art of which the style was largely borrowed and the execution more or less restricted to the craftsman who worked in ivory and ...
... kind of medicine which drew more on primitive superstitions than on scientific observation , or a form of art of which the style was largely borrowed and the execution more or less restricted to the craftsman who worked in ivory and ...
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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 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