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The Essential Companion to Life in Bible Times organizes material in thematic fashion and distills from the various articles the information that is most useful for appreciating the cultural background of the biblical writings. The book begins with a chapter on the family, describing what the Bible says about children, from their birth through their education, and discusses the roles played by...

sculpture, painting, arts, or the theater. The place that music played in the worship in Israel (see chap. 4) suggests that at least this art must have been developed by systematic instruction, but evidence is lacking. Most of the cultural arts here mentioned were associated with the heathen religions and were developed in Greek and Roman culture.
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