num_pages: 375
description: 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.
language: English
title: Stone and Dung, Oil and Spit: Jewish Daily Life in the Time of Jesus
publisher: Eerdmans