Jewish Daily Life in Late Second Temple Palestine (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Jewish Daily Life in Late Second Temple Palestine "In Stone and Dung, Oil and Spit Jodi Magness unearths 'footprints' buried in both archaeological and literary evidence to shed new light on Jewish daily life in Palestine from the mid-first century b.c.e. to 70 c.e. the time and place of Jesus' life and ministry. Magness analyzes recent archaeological discoveries from such sites as Qumran and Masada together with a host of period texts, including
Full description- Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
- Published: 01 May 2011
- Format: Paperback 408 pages
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- Categories: Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Biblical Archaeology | History Of Religion | Bibles | Judaism
- ISBN 13: 9780802865588 ISBN 10: 0802865585
- Sales rank: 153,110
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Full description for Jewish Daily Life in Late Second Temple Palestine
In Stone and Dung, Oil and Spit Jodi Magness unearths footprints buried in both archaeological and literary evidence to shed new light on Jewish daily life in Palestine from the mid-first century b.c.e. to 70 c.e. the time and place of Jesus life and ministry. Magness analyzes recent archaeological discoveries from such sites as Qumran and Masada together with a host of period texts, including the New Testament, the works of Josephus, and rabbinic teachings. Layering all these sources together, she reconstructs in detail a fascinating variety of everyday activities dining customs, Sabbath observance, fasting, toilet habits, burial customs, and more.
