Strange Scriptures That Perplex the Western Mind: Clarified in the Light of Customs and Conditions in Bible Lands - Softcover

Bowen, Barbara MacDonald

 
9781614273424: Strange Scriptures That Perplex the Western Mind: Clarified in the Light of Customs and Conditions in Bible Lands
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1614273421 ISBN 13: 9781614273424
Publisher: Martino Fine Books, 2012

Synopsis

2012 Reprint of 1944 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The author has selected circa one hundred scriptures, followed by an explanation of why this scripture is confusing to us today, then an explanation of what the scripture means in light of the customs and conditions in Bible lands. There are illustrations and photographs to accompany the text. Scriptures are divided by subject, including: Perplexing Scriptures; Women, Garment, Peasant Men, Home Life, Clothing and Jewels, Feasts, Fields, Tombs and Tents, Gates and Trades.

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From the Back Cover

The aim of the interesting volume is to clarify familiar scriptural phrases and texts by explaining some usual Eastern customs, thereby shedding new light on the unchanging truth of God's word.

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Publisher
Martino Fine Books
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1614273421
ISBN 13 
9781614273424
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
112

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