Everyday life in New Testament times
By: illustrated from drawings by Marjorie Quennell.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 1954
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Bible. N.T. -- History of contemporary events.; Palestine -- Social life and customs.
Table of contents: title: The scene and the people -- The Roman army -- Material culture. Houses -- Water-supply -- Baths -- Drains and sanitation -- Lighting -- Pottery -- Miscellaneous smaller items -- Costume -- Meals and food -- Country life -- Roads and travel -- Letters and letter-writing, books, etc. Books and libraries -- Distribution of news -- Various matters of business and administration. Weights and measures -- Rationing and food-control -- Times and seasons -- Coinage -- Banking -- The business world generally -- Trade-guilds -- Auction sales -- Procedure in law courts -- Punishments -- Palestinian habits. Births, marriages and deaths -- Slavery -- Education -- Science in the first century : theoretical and applied. Medicine and surgery -- Dentistry -- Mechanical appliances -- Amusements and recreations. Public games -- Gladiatorial shows -- Children’s games -- Jerusalem. The city in general -- Trade and the cost of living -- The temple : an everyday sight -- The Passover and the daily sacrifice -- Religious worship and everyday thought -- Epilogue.