Everyday Life in Old Testament TimesB. T. Batsford, 1956 - 240 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 28
Page 31
... story , they were set to work in the brickyards ( 73 ) . Against this degrading servitude , one of their number - Moses - rebelled . Inspired by a vision of God , which made a new man of him and earned him the title of the first of ...
... story , they were set to work in the brickyards ( 73 ) . Against this degrading servitude , one of their number - Moses - rebelled . Inspired by a vision of God , which made a new man of him and earned him the title of the first of ...
Page 56
... story . But perhaps the story is not so sorry after all , if it is borne in mind that part of this drop in material culture may be accounted for by the Israelites ' love of freedom . The splendid cities of Canaan were built by slave ...
... story . But perhaps the story is not so sorry after all , if it is borne in mind that part of this drop in material culture may be accounted for by the Israelites ' love of freedom . The splendid cities of Canaan were built by slave ...
Page 211
... story of a conflict between different and radically opposed kinds of religion , as it is the story of a conflict between social groups and rival empires . Two principal kinds of religion competed for the allegiance of the ancient ...
... story of a conflict between different and radically opposed kinds of religion , as it is the story of a conflict between social groups and rival empires . Two principal kinds of religion competed for the allegiance of the ancient ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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