Saint Mary's Press essential guide to biblical life and times
By: Martin C. Albl.
Publisher: Saint Mary's Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Winona, MN
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780884898986
Subjects: Bible -- Antiquities; Sociology, Biblical; Palestine -- Social life and customs -- To 70 A.D
Other titles: Essential guide to biblical life and times
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Afterlife; title: Agriculture; title: Anointing; title: Atonement; title: Canaanite religion; title: Chosen people; title: Cosmology; title: Covenant; title: Creation; title: Crucifixion; title: Dance and music; title: Death and burial customs; title: Dress and hair; title: Dwellings; title: Family; title: Festivals; title: Fishing; title: Food and drink; title: Food laws; title: Holiness; title: Honor and shame; title: Hospitality; title: Human nature; title: Jewish sects; title: Languages; title: Marriage; title: Meals; title: Money; title: Names; title: Number symbolism; title: Poverty and wealth; title: Priests and levites; title: Prophets; title: Punishment; title: Purity; title: Resurrection; title: Sabbath; title: Sacrifices and offerings; title: Sexuality; title: Sheep, goats, and shepherds; title: Sickness and health; title: Sin; title: Slavery; title: Spiritual powers; title: Synagogues and prayer; title: Taxes and tithes; title: Temple; title: Torah; title: War; title: Women.