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In this thoroughly updated edition of The Cultural World of the Bible from Victor H. Matthews—a leading expert on the social world of the Bible—introduces 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 guide helps readers gain valuable insight into the cultural...

century, the term began to be applied to those who did not necessarily have an ethnic or geographic connection to Judah but who believed in the God of the Judeans, Yahweh (2 Macc. 9:13; Ant. 20.2.38–39). This definition developed into the one used today. This textbook is designed to assist students to more effectively read the Bible with the social world of ancient Israel in mind. In that way not only will the text come alive with the everyday activities of the characters but
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