Stone and dung, oil and spit : Jewish daily life in the time of Jesus / Jodi Magness.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Magness, Jodi.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Social life and customs--To 70 A.D.

Jews.

Jews--Social life and customs.

Jews--History--586 B.C.-70 A.D.

Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

Judaism.

History.

Judaism--Post-exilic period (Judaism).

Physical Description:

xv, 335 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2011.

Summary:

Magness (early Judaism, U. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) explores what the archaeological record reveals about Jewish daily life in late Second Temple period Palestine, with an emphasis on correlations between literary and archaeological evidence for the purity practices of the major Jewish groups. Her topics include purifying the body and hands, dining customs and communal meals, Sabbath observance and fasting, clothing and tsitzit, toilets and toilet habits, and tombs and burial customs. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Footprints in archaeology and text

Purifying the body and hands

Creeping and swarming creatures, locusts, fish, dogs, chickens, and pigs

Household vessels : pottery, oil lamps, glass, stone, and dung

Dining customs and communal meals

Sabbath observance and fasting

Coins

Clothing and tzitzit

Oil and spit

Toilets and toilet habits

Tombs and burial customs

Epilogue: The aftermath of 70.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-305) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780802865588

0802865585

OCLC:

676727601

Publisher Number:

99942977239