Life in Bible Times
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Beyond the verses
The Bible tells you what happened. This shows you what life felt like.
The biblical text tells us about kings, prophets, wars and miracles.
But behind those events were ordinary people.
- They baked bread.
- Raised children.
- Carried water.
- Farmed difficult land.
- Walked for days between cities.
- Built homes from stone and mud.
- Traded in crowded markets.
- Survived droughts, wars and empires.
Life in Bible Times puts the great biblical story back inside the world where it actually happened.
Six windows into daily life
Experience the ancient world
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The historical journey
From the first words of Genesis to the world of Jesus
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The Complete Edition also adds chapters with no counterpart in the Small Edition: the land and its water, cities and roads, the surrounding empires, Jerusalem through the ages, everyday religion, and a closing guide to food, work, family and warfare.
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The story
- Creation
- Abraham
- Moses
- David
- Solomon
- Prophets
- Exile
- Rome
The world
- Homes
- Food
- Water
- Travel
- Farming
- Marriage
- Trade
- Warfare
Life in Bible Times brings both together.
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You could spend months piecing this world together.
Scattered research
- Maps in one place.
- Ancient history somewhere else.
- Bible commentary somewhere else.
- Archaeological context in another book.
- Everyday life buried in academic research.
Life in Bible Times
- One chronological journey, Creation to Roman Judea
- Geography and empires explained where they matter
- Archaeology alongside the text, with uncertainty noted
- Everyday life woven into every era
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Life in Bible Times brings the story and its world together into one coherent journey.
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