Book
Everyday life in Old Testament times
Scribner • New York • Published In 1956 • Pages:
By: Heaton, E. W. (Eric William).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book depicts everyday life within the family, military, government and religious institutions of Ancient Israel. Specific topics covered include food, clothing, the home, games, farming, weaving, pottery, carpentry, warfare, education, medicine, music, and religious festivals.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Writing
- Annual cycle
- Domesticated animals
- Pastoral activities
- Cereal agriculture
- Arboriculture
- Food preparation
- Diet
- Water supply
- Masonry
- Dwellings
- Settlement patterns
- Games
- Slavery
- Marriage
- Family
- Form and rules of government
- Chief executive
- External relations
- Military organization
- Warfare
- Aftermath of combat
- Medical therapy
- Organized ceremonial
- Weights and measures
- Ordering of time
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Israelites
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Theologian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950– 600 BC
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Israel; Palestinian territories
- NotesAdditional notes
- By E. W. Heaton ; Illustrated from drawings by Marjorie Quennell
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 56010348
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bible. Old Testament--Antiquities