Everyday Life in Old Testament TimesB. T. Batsford, 1956 - 240 pages |
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Page 98
... month is harvest of barley ; his month is harvest and festivity ; his two months are vine - tending ; his month is summer - fruit . PLOUGHING Even though it is difficult to square this list 98 COUNTRY LIFE.
... month is harvest of barley ; his month is harvest and festivity ; his two months are vine - tending ; his month is summer - fruit . PLOUGHING Even though it is difficult to square this list 98 COUNTRY LIFE.
Page 166
... months of the year as labourers on Government building schemes , but an imposition of that order is what the independent ... month a year . These tax districts cut across some of the old tribal divisions and their officers ( of whom two ...
... months of the year as labourers on Government building schemes , but an imposition of that order is what the independent ... month a year . These tax districts cut across some of the old tribal divisions and their officers ( of whom two ...
Page 189
... month could fall on any day of the week . It is possible that at one time the month was split up into three " decades " of days and that the bone and ivory tablets punctured with thirty holes arranged in three columns of ten , which ...
... month could fall on any day of the week . It is possible that at one time the month was split up into three " decades " of days and that the bone and ivory tablets punctured with thirty holes arranged in three columns of ten , which ...
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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