Daily Life in Palestine at the Time of Christ

Daily Life in Palestine at the Time of Christ
Author: Henri Daniel-Rops
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Total Pages: 499
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781842125090

The celebrated French Academician, Henri Daniel-Rops, recreates the world that gave birth to Christianity. The people who lived in Palestine at the time of Christ become flesh and blood with occupations, families and homes. You will sympathize with them, like them or dislike them. Even the land with its particular kinds of birds singing and its particular flowers and crops growing in its soil are reconstructed to give a full understanding of these people and their turbulent times. Daniel-Rops also brings to light the political, economic, scientific and cultural currents of the period. The events that preceded and surrounded the coming of Christ and the spread of Christianity are illuminated with immense scholarship and moving description, giving a clear picture of Christ among his people and in his time.

Life in Year One

Life in Year One
Author: Scott Korb
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2010-03-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 1101186011

For anyone who's ever pondered what everyday life was like during the time of Jesus comes a lively and illuminating portrait of the nearly unknown world of daily life in first-century Palestine. What was it like to live during the time of Jesus? Where did people live? Who did they marry? And what was family life like? How did people survive? These are just some of the questions that Scott Korb answers in this engaging new book, which explores what everyday life entailed two thousand years ago in first-century Palestine, that tumultuous era when the Roman Empire was at its zenith and a new religion-Christianity-was born. Culling information from primary sources, scholarly research, and his own travels and observations, Korb explores the nitty-gritty of real life back then-from how people fed, housed, and groomed themselves to how they kept themselves healthy. He guides the contemporary reader through the maze of customs and traditions that dictated life under the numerous groups, tribes, and peoples in the eastern Mediterranean that Rome governed two thousand years ago, and he illuminates the intriguing details of marriage, family life, health, and a host of other aspects of first-century life. The result is a book for everyone, from the armchair traveler to the amateur historian. With surprising revelations about politics and medicine, crime and personal hygiene, this book is smart and accessible popular history at its very best.

Reading and Writing in the Time of Jesus

Reading and Writing in the Time of Jesus
Author: Allan Millard
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2005-04-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780567083487

Jesus never wrote a book. Most scholars assume that information about Jesus was preserved only orally up until the writing of the Gospels, allowing ample time for the stories of Jesus to grow and diversify. Alan Millard here argues that written reports about Jesus could have been made during his lifetime and that some among his audiences and followers may very well have kept notes, first-hand documents that the Evangelists could weave into their narratives.

The Impact of Jesus in First-Century Palestine

The Impact of Jesus in First-Century Palestine
Author: Rosemary Margaret Luff
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2019-08-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108482236

Uses archaeological and textual evidence to clarify the nature of Galilean discontent and the advent of Jesus' eschatological ministry.

Jesus: A Very Short Introduction

Jesus: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Richard Bauckham
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2011-07-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0199575274

Bauckham shows that Jesus was devoted to the God of Israel, with a special focus on God's fatherly love and compassion, and like every Jewish teacher he expounded the Torah, but did so in his own distinctive way.

What Did Jesus Look Like?

What Did Jesus Look Like?
Author: Joan E. Taylor
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2018-02-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0567671518

Jesus Christ is arguably the most famous man who ever lived. His image adorns countless churches, icons, and paintings. He is the subject of millions of statues, sculptures, devotional objects and works of art. Everyone can conjure an image of Jesus: usually as a handsome, white man with flowing locks and pristine linen robes. But what did Jesus really look like? Is our popular image of Jesus overly westernized and untrue to historical reality? This question continues to fascinate. Leading Christian Origins scholar Joan E. Taylor surveys the historical evidence, and the prevalent image of Jesus in art and culture, to suggest an entirely different vision of this most famous of men. He may even have had short hair.

Faith in the Face of Empire

Faith in the Face of Empire
Author: RAHEB
Publisher: Orbis Books
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2014-02-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1608334333

A Palestinian Christian theologian shows how the reality of empire shapes the context of the biblical story, and the ongoing experience of Middle East conflict.

Palestine in the Time of Jesus

Palestine in the Time of Jesus
Author: K. C. Hanson
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2008-07-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1451407130

Hanson and Oakman's award-winning and enormously illuminating volume quickly has become a widely used and cited introduction to the social context of the early Jesus movement. This new printing augments the text with multiple features on an accompanying CD-ROM.