The New Manners & Customs of Bible Times
Why Do We Recommend This Book?
Our time and culture is in many ways so different from biblical times and cultures, that it is often hard to get a clear picture of what life in Biblical times actually looked like. The New Manners & Customs of Bible Times helps filling the gaps in our knowledge and experience by providing us a ton of cultural background information.
Topics are arranged in two sections. The first part focuses on family life and includes the following topics:
- Clothing
- Dwellings
- Domestic activities
- Food and meals
- The family
- Education
- Agriculture
- Collecting food
- Shepherding
- Craftsmen and traders
Part two focuses on institutions and customs and includes the following topics:
- Towns and villages
- Journeys and travel
- Hospitality
- Social and political groupings
- Government and society
- Warfare
- Leisure
- Religion
You can read the book from cover to cover, or choose to use it as a reference book. For the purpose of the latter the book has a topical index and a Scripture index at the back. The book is rich of full color pictures, photos, maps and illustrations, that helps bring to life this ancient culture of Biblical times.
Note: the Logos edition is a previous version of the one offered on Amazon and ChristianBook.com.