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In this new edition of a successful book (over 120,000 copies sold), now updated throughout, a leading expert on the social world of the Bible offers students a reliable guide to the manners and customs of the ancient world. From what people wore, ate, and built to how they exercised justice, mourned, and viewed family and legal customs, this illustrated introduction helps readers gain valuable cultural background on the biblical world. The attractive, full-color, user-friendly design will appeal to students, while numerous pedagogical features--including fifty photos, sidebars, callouts, maps, charts, a glossary of key terms, chapter outlines, and discussion questions--increase classroom utility. Previously published as Manners and Customs in the Bible.

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1988 1991 2006 2015 by Victor H Matthews Published by Baker Academic a - photo 1

1988, 1991, 2006, 2015 by Victor H. Matthews

Published by Baker Academic

a division of Baker Publishing Group

P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287

www . bakeracademic . com

Ebook edition created 2015

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meansfor example, electronic, photocopy, recordingwithout the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.

Earlier editions of this book were published as Manners and Customs in the Bible: An Illustrated Guide to Daily Life in Bible Times .

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

ISBN 978-1-4412-2825-3

Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

To Carol, Peter, and Samuel

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

List of Illustrations

Preface to the Fourth Edition

Abbreviations

Introduction

Reconstructing Israels Social World from Context

Development of Biblical Literature

Historical Geography of Bible Lands

Approach of This Book

Discussing Aspects of Everyday Life in Ancient Israel

Discussion Questions

1. Ancestral Period

Historical Introduction

Physical Appearance and Fashion

Cultural Issues Faced by Immigrants

Herding Practices

Food Preparation and Diet

Marriage Customs

Religious Practices

Weapons and Warfare

Discussion Questions

2. Exodus-Settlement Period

Historical Introduction

Village Life

Agricultural Methods and Tools

Weapons and Warfare

Social Organization and Administration of Law

Family Life

Religious Practices

Discussion Questions

3. Monarchic Period

Historical Introduction

The Israelite City

Social Life

Health Issues

Law

Religious Practices

Weapons and Warfare

Discussion Questions

4. Exile and Return

Historical Introduction

Life in the Diaspora

Life after the Return from Exile

Religious Life in the Diaspora, Yehud, and Samaria

Discussion Questions

5. Intertestamental and New Testament Periods

Historical Introduction

Social Life

Religious Life

Discussion Questions

Glossary

Annotated and Select Bibliography

Index of Subjects

Index of Personal Names

Index of Place Names

Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Writings

Image Credits

Back Cover

List of Illustrations

Introduction Geography of Ancient Israel

1.1 King Hammurabi

1.2 Painting of Semites from Beni-Hasan

1.3 Remains of Shechem

1.4 Beer-sheba

1.5 Well at Beer-sheba

1.6 Votive figurines

1.7 Canaanite-period sickle swords

2.1 Victory stele of Pharaoh Merneptah

2.2 Four-room house at Hazor

2.3 Stone watchtower

2.4 Spearheads from the Middle Bronze period

2.5 Egyptian relief of soldiers hands

2.6 City gate at Dan

2.7 Threshing floor near Bethlehem

2.8 Megiddo altar remains

2.9 Cult incense stand

3.1 Stepped stone structure

3.2 Amarna Tablet

3.3 Solomonic-period gate at Gezer

3.4 Plaza outside the city gates at Dan

3.5 Megiddo

3.7 Yavneh Yam Inscription

3.8 Double-flute player

3.9 Burial chambers at Ketef Hinnom

3.10 Stele of Hammurabi

3.11 Horned altar from Megiddo

3.12 Bronze figurine of Baal

3.13 Dome of the Rock

3.14 Relief of Assyrian capture of Egyptian fortress

4.1 Babylonian Chronicle

4.2 Cyrus Cylinder

4.3 Iron altar shovels from Dan

4.4 The broad wall of Nehemiah 3:8

4.5 Steps to the shrine on Mount Gerizim

4.6 Mount Sinai

4.7 Second Temple ritual bath

5.1 Alexander the Great

5.2 Antiochus IV Epiphanes

5.3 The Treasury at Petra

5.4 Interior of the fortress at Herodium

5.5 Pontius Pilate inscription

5.6 Masada

5.7 Coins from the Bar Kochba period

5.8 Remains of private houses at Capernaum

5.9 Caesarea Maritima

5.10 Caves at Qumran

5.11 Funerary relief from Palmyra

5.12 Pool of Bethesda, Jerusalem

5.13 Kidron Valley tombs

5.14 Erastus inscription from Corinth

5.15 Reproduction of Herods Temple

5.16 Qumran settlement remains

5.17 Synagogue at Capernaum

Preface to the Fourth Edition

The first edition of this volume was published in 1988. Since that time both the field of biblical studies and I have continued to change. We have learned from and weathered the storms of interpretive differences and have been amazed by advances in the analysis of archaeological data. And our heightened precision in readings of ancient texts has come through the production of image-based, digital editions. With that in mind, I continue to believe that a book detailing the social world of ancient Israel deserves a place in classrooms and for private study. The editors of Baker Academic and I have decided that we should revise and expand this new edition so that it can be more effectively used as a textbook or as a supplement to other textbooks in classes on the Bible. The result of this new focus is that we have retained the best of what has appeared in previous editions, such as the historical summaries at the beginning of each chapter and the discussion of aspects of everyday life, while significantly expanding the text and adding new pedagogical features. Rather than serving primarily as a reference work, its aim is to spark conversation and to bring the narratives and the characters to life. The Bible deserves close study, and students should have the opportunity to exercise their critical thinking skills to raise questions and to seek out a fuller understanding of how the ancient world differs from their own. While they cannot physically enter Jerusalem in the time of King David, they can explore what it is like to live in a world without automobiles, electricity, and smartphones. Even though they may not experience being taken into exile after seeing their homes destroyed, they can be made aware through reading what prophets like Jeremiah had to say about these devastating times, and they can feel the pain of musicians who no longer can sing a song to Yahweh in the temple (Ps. 137). And when they read one of Jesuss parables, they can explore his use of agricultural metaphors and social situations and gain a better sense of what he meant by the kingdom of heaven. With that said, I commend this book to your use, and I hope it succeeds in advancing your study of the Bible and its world.

Abbreviations

Old Testament/Hebrew Bible

Gen.Genesis
Exod.Exodus
Lev.Leviticus
Num.Numbers
Deut.Deuteronomy
Josh.Joshua
Judg.Judges
12 Sam.12 Samuel
12 Chron.12 Chronicles
Neh.Nehemiah
Ps./Pss.Psalm/Psalms
Prov.Proverbs
Eccles.Ecclesiastes
SongSong of Songs/Canticles
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