Everyday Life in Old Testament TimesB. T. Batsford, 1956 - 240 pages |
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... period given any ports . It is significant that there is no word for port in the Hebrew language . The scene of Israel's everyday life made it for the most part austere and economically insecure ; but the land was a world in miniature ...
... period given any ports . It is significant that there is no word for port in the Hebrew language . The scene of Israel's everyday life made it for the most part austere and economically insecure ; but the land was a world in miniature ...
Page 29
... period than for the first and last centuries and it is a fortunate ( but not entirely fortuitous ) circumstance that the best docu- mented phase of Israel's life is also the most representative and intrinsically important . This middle ...
... period than for the first and last centuries and it is a fortunate ( but not entirely fortuitous ) circumstance that the best docu- mented phase of Israel's life is also the most representative and intrinsically important . This middle ...
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... period of the New Testament . Many tombs had been in use for centuries and were periodically enlarged and cleared . Old bones were then collected and put into pits dug in the floor of the tomb . The mourners left with the body a variety ...
... period of the New Testament . Many tombs had been in use for centuries and were periodically enlarged and cleared . Old bones were then collected and put into pits dug in the floor of the tomb . The mourners left with the body a variety ...
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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