Everyday Life in Old Testament TimesB. T. Batsford, 1956 - 240 pages |
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... religion , but from an excess of it . This does not imply that you can have too much of a good thing ; it means , rather , that religion is not necessarily a good thing at all . It is a source of great confusion that this one word is ...
... religion , but from an excess of it . This does not imply that you can have too much of a good thing ; it means , rather , that religion is not necessarily a good thing at all . It is a source of great confusion that this one word is ...
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... religion of the Old Testament , but it is not distorting the facts unduly to find in the priestly religion of the sanctuaries much of that adoption and adaptation of Canaanite practices which characterize the second method , and in the ...
... religion of the Old Testament , but it is not distorting the facts unduly to find in the priestly religion of the sanctuaries much of that adoption and adaptation of Canaanite practices which characterize the second method , and in the ...
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... religion , the idea of offering the first - fruits and the first - born did not stop short of the first - born of men . Israel's laws recognized child sacrifice in theory ( Exodus 22. 29 ) , but shrank from it in practice ( Exodus 34 ...
... religion , the idea of offering the first - fruits and the first - born did not stop short of the first - born of men . Israel's laws recognized child sacrifice in theory ( Exodus 22. 29 ) , but shrank from it in practice ( Exodus 34 ...
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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