Everyday Life in Old Testament TimesB. T. Batsford, 1956 - 240 pages |
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... METAL WORKERS The Israelite metal worker is still something of a mystery . The Old Testament includes a fairly technical description of the dangerous job of a miner in Job 28. 1-11 , but it never directly portrays the smith at work in ...
... METAL WORKERS The Israelite metal worker is still something of a mystery . The Old Testament includes a fairly technical description of the dangerous job of a miner in Job 28. 1-11 , but it never directly portrays the smith at work in ...
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... metal industry in the Arabah , the desert region on the southern border of Palestine between the Dead Sea and the Red Sea , occupied by the Edomites . The centre of this industry was Ezion - geber , Solomon's naval base on the Red Sea ...
... metal industry in the Arabah , the desert region on the southern border of Palestine between the Dead Sea and the Red Sea , occupied by the Edomites . The centre of this industry was Ezion - geber , Solomon's naval base on the Red Sea ...
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... metal articles ( 65-7 ) . Before this development , bronze was the hardest metal for daily use , since meteoric iron , which contained a small quantity of nickel , was regarded as a semi - precious metal suitable only for jewellery and ...
... metal articles ( 65-7 ) . Before this development , bronze was the hardest metal for daily use , since meteoric iron , which contained a small quantity of nickel , was regarded as a semi - precious metal suitable only for jewellery 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 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