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Agriculture (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Agriculture (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Agriculture (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Agriculture (A-Z entry)
In the Bible agriculture and religion are intimately connected. Of the three major festivals two were clearly connected with the agricultural year. The Feast ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Agriculture (A-Z entry)
The broad array of activities and knowledge whereby human communities exploit plants to produce food and other crops (fibers and oils), agriculture, literally means ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
almond (A-Z entry)
A fruit tree often mentioned in the OT and, because of the shape of the fruit, possibly originally associated with fertility rites. The white ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Animal Husbandry (A-Z entry)
The domestication of animals is a component of the “Neolithic Revolution” and a process that had an impact both on the biology of the ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
banquet (A-Z entry)
A formal meal for which invitations were sent. It was the custom for those invited to be told at the last moment when the ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
barley (A-Z entry)
Known in Palestine before the arrival of the Israelites, the crop was regularly cultivated throughout the OT and NT periods. It was used in ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Bread (A-Z entry)
Because the Bible portrays ordinary people in the round of daily life, bread is a common word in its pages from the beginning of ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
ceramic typology (A-Z entry)
a way of dating different levels of an archaeological site by classifying the pieces of pottery found in them according to the approximate ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Cereals (A-Z entry)
The greatest proportion of the diet of the ancient Near East, as today, was supplied by cereals. These annual grasses were likely the first ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
drink (A-Z entry)
Water and milk were the usual forms of liquid nourishment, but wine was also greatly valued for occasions of festivity ( John 2: 3 ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
῾Ein-Shadud (A-Z entry)
site located about 200 m east of Tel Shadud (map reference 1724 × 2294), on the northwest edge of Israel's Jezreel (Esdraelon) plain. The ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
famine (A-Z entry)
Prolonged starvation, of which the danger and horrors are often mentioned in the OT; it was one of the four acts of God's judgement ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Fasting (A-Z entry)
Fasting in connection with prayer, penitence, and preparation for new ventures has been practiced from early times in many cultures and religions. The Bible ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
fear (A-Z entry)
Although there are occasions in the Bible when the word fear represents the human emotion of terror ( Exod. 23: 27 ), there is ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
feasts (A-Z entry)
Occasions of commemoration and religious thanksgiving . Regular days were set aside for Hebrews when they could relax and enjoy themselves with music and ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
fish (A-Z entry)
Many species of fish lived in the Sea of Galilee and the Jordan . They were sometimes caught with a hook ( Matt. 17: ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Fishing (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
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