The Life of the People in Biblical TimesJewish Publication Society of America, 1929 - 236 pages |
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Page 11
... period , but just after it . It gives us a pecu- liarly detailed picture of the spiritual and material life of post - exilic Judaism and is therefore a valuable source for the later part of the period which interests us . It was long ...
... period , but just after it . It gives us a pecu- liarly detailed picture of the spiritual and material life of post - exilic Judaism and is therefore a valuable source for the later part of the period which interests us . It was long ...
Page 15
... period during which the Bible was written . That covers a considerable time . Between the writing of the oldest passage in the Bible and the latest , more than a thou- sand years elapsed . Manners and customs change notably in such a ...
... period during which the Bible was written . That covers a considerable time . Between the writing of the oldest passage in the Bible and the latest , more than a thou- sand years elapsed . Manners and customs change notably in such a ...
Page 51
... period in the child's life that made mothers postpone the weaning for a long period , sometimes as long as three years . The dangers that might follow from such a course , were not so evident as those that faced the child immediately ...
... period in the child's life that made mothers postpone the weaning for a long period , sometimes as long as three years . The dangers that might follow from such a course , were not so evident as those that faced the child immediately ...
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