Old Testament illustrations
By: photographs, maps and diagrams, compiled and introduced by Clifford M. Jones.
Series: The Cambridge Bible commentary: New English Bible
Publisher: University Press
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Cambridge [Eng.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: Bible. O.T. -- History of contemporary events; Judaism -- History -- To 70 A.D
Description: This is the illustrations volume which accompanies the Old Testament series of the Cambridge Bible Commentary. It is arranged on the same general plan as Mr Jones's successful companion volume on the New Testament. It contains 201 photographs, maps and drawings arranged in groups with a connected commentary which describes each picture in detail, explaining its significance. The whole collection provides a background study of the Old Testament lands and peoples. The sections deal with the geographical setting, the archaeology of the region, the periods of Old Testament history from the earliest times to the Hellenistic period, the social background, the Old Testament books as literary productions, the background of Jewish religious life. Maps are skilfully simplified to give only the information relevant to understanding the Old Testament itself The diagrams explain technical subjects. The photographs, of scenes, buildings and works of art, and the continuing tradition of Jewish religious practice, give life and visible confirmation to the study of the Scriptures.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 177.