The Cultural World of the Bible

Author: Victor H. Matthews
Publisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 144122825X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 448

Book Description
In this new edition of a successful book (over 120,000 copies sold), now updated throughout, a leading expert on the social world of the Bible offers students a reliable guide to the manners and customs of the ancient world. From what people wore, ate, and built to how they exercised justice, mourned, and viewed family and legal customs, this illustrated introduction helps readers gain valuable cultural background on the biblical world. The attractive, full-color, user-friendly design will appeal to students, while numerous pedagogical features--including fifty photos, sidebars, callouts, maps, charts, a glossary of key terms, chapter outlines, and discussion questions--increase classroom utility. Previously published as Manners and Customs in the Bible.

The Cultural World of the Bible

Author: Victor Harold Matthews
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781441228277
Category : BIBLES
Languages : en
Pages : 318

Manners and Customs of the Bible

Author: James Midwinter Freeman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780883682906
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This is a valuable resourse book through the Bible, explaining many customs practiced in Bible times. Not only is it easy to understand, but it is also filled with many helpful illustrations.

Manners & Customs in the Bible

Author: Victor Harold Matthews
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781598560596
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This resource will help readers gain invaluable background information on the Bible's culture, its people, and how they lived. Each chapter furnishes an introduction to the historical, political, and physical setting of five basic periods in Israel's history. Drawing from clues in the biblical text, archaeological discoveries, and contemporary documents, Dr. Matthews opens up both difficult and overly familiar passages of Scripture. He explains cultural practices, religious tensions, and apparent contradictions in the Bible.

Manners and Customs in the Bible

Author: Victor Harold Matthews
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
ISBN: 9780943575773
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book provides a wealth of insight into life in Bible times, gathered from the biblical text, from important extra-biblical sources, as well as from the most recent archaeological findings. The book is enriched with abundant maps and illustrations.

Bodies That Remember

Author: Anita Anantharam
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 0815650590
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description
An engaging and informative exploration of four women poets writing in Hindi and Urdu over the course of the twentieth century in India and Pakistan. Anantharam follows the authors and their works, as both countries undergo profound political and social transformations. The book tells of how these women forge solidarities with women from different, castes, classes, and religions through their poetry.

Popular Culture in the Ancient World

Author: Lucy Grig
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107074894
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 381

Book Description
This book adopts a new approach to the classical world by focusing on ancient popular culture.

The Cultural Background of the New Testament

Author: David Elton Graves
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 410

Book Description
"This work is an essential companion for understanding each book of the New Testament in its cultural context. It provides information and analysis on each biblical book, covering its cultural and historical background including the date of composition, the author and a fresh outline of each biblical book. From the life of Jesus in the Gospels, to the life of Paul in Acts, you’ll find the answers you are looking for here. Cultural and archaeological discoveries are provided throughout, helping to bring the Bible alive for any reader. It is beautifully illustrated with over 200 colorful, maps, timelines, charts, photographs, and illustrations. A helpful glossary defines technical terms, and extensive footnotes with hundreds of commentaries and books listed in the For Future Study section, as well as an extensive bibliography, provide an invaluable resource to readers seeking further study. An engaging resource intended for laypeople who want to know more about the New Testament, whether in seminary courses, college classrooms, church groups or personal study."--Back cover.

An Illustrated Reference to Manners & Customs of the Bible

Author: James M. Freeman
Publisher: Whitaker House
ISBN: 1641236612
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 828

Book Description
Any study of the Bible inevitably turns up situations that give us pause. We wonder: How could ancient peoples use slime for mortar? Why is lifting up your eyes a sign of respect? What were the images that Rachel stole from her father? Why would a grieving family hire mourners? How did people in biblical times cast lots? What made the housetop so important? Author James Midwinter Freeman (1827–1900) takes you through the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, to explain different Oriental manners and customs that were common to people in ancient times, some of which are still evident in the East today. An Illustrated Reference to Manners & Customs of the Bible is a handy reference book filled with more than 140 helpful illustrations and fascinating information that you will turn to again and again. It will greatly aid anyone wishing to increase their understanding of the traditions, customs, and observances of biblical times.

The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament

Author: John H. Walton
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 9780830814190
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 838

Book Description
This unique commentary provides historical, social and cultural background for each passage of the Old Testament. From Genesis through Malachi, this single volume gathers and condenses an abundance of specialized knowledge, and includes a glossary, maps and charts, and expanded explanations of significant background issues.