The Life of the People in Biblical TimesJewish Publication Society of America, 1929 - 236 pages |
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... tion and worship to the heathen Palestinian , a fact to which the Bible amply testifies . When we think of an open countryside , we think of it as covered with a wealth of trunks and foliage . Nothing of this sort must be associated ...
... tion and worship to the heathen Palestinian , a fact to which the Bible amply testifies . When we think of an open countryside , we think of it as covered with a wealth of trunks and foliage . Nothing of this sort must be associated ...
Page 75
... tion seems in both cases to be based on authentic records and is quite consistent with the facts that we know . Both of these dates are , of course , long after the biblical period , and confirm the inference of the non - existence of ...
... tion seems in both cases to be based on authentic records and is quite consistent with the facts that we know . Both of these dates are , of course , long after the biblical period , and confirm the inference of the non - existence of ...
Page 152
... tion of some rather elaborate dishes . Women , we may assume , did most of the baking , but the art was not so distinctly a woman's business . It was generally assumed that men were reasonably familiar with it . Otherwise the frequent ...
... tion of some rather elaborate dishes . Women , we may assume , did most of the baking , but the art was not so distinctly a woman's business . It was generally assumed that men were reasonably familiar with it . Otherwise the frequent ...
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