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At the Market
It was the center of life in biblical times. What did it look like? What took place there? Read more to find out. The market place was a focal point for ancient society. Much like today’s malls, people not only shopped in them, but also socialized there. See why they were so popular.In Jesus' day, every village in Palestine had…
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Paying for Merchandise
The invention of money transformed the ancient world. Find out how the emergence of the monetary system influenced the biblical world.As trade increased in Israel during the time of Solomon, so did the use of gold and silver to pay for goods. Around this time, merchants and a special group of moneychangers began to weigh and test gold and silver…
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Common Forms of Transportation in the Ancient World
Biblical characters couldn’t use trains, planes or buses, but they did use camels, chariots, sailing boats and the occasional giant fish. Means of Travel Distances Examples Walking about 20 miles per day Peter walks 40 miles from Joppa to Caesarea in two days (Acts 10.23-25) Camels As a pack animal, a camel can carry as much as 1,000 lbs. and…
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Rupturing the Empire: Reading Women in Mark’s Gospel as Postcolonial Subjects
How should we understand the role of women in Mark’s Gospel? Check out one view on this subject.by Seong Hee Kim, PhD.Postcolonial feminist biblical interpretation is a new brand of hermeneutics that brings into feminist biblical studies the postcolonial theory of thinkers like Edward Said, Homi Bhabha, and Gayatri Spivak.The term "postcolonial" implies that the phenomena of colonization persist in…
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Critical Perspectives: Divorce—Biblical Perspectives
Divorce affects millions of individuals. Read more to see what the Bible says about divorce and learn how Christians can approach the issue today.In an age when marriage, once considered the bedrock of society, has tumbled from its position of moral prominence, and the divorce rate (among Christians as well) has skyrocketed, it seems that the Church has, for the…
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Pharisees
They weren’t priests, but they weren’t commoners. So who were the Pharisees and what was their role in Jewish life? Find out here. By Jesus' day, it was common for Jewish people to meet in private homes for worship and to study the Scriptures. This practice had begun in the later second century B.C. and continued in the first century A.D. One group…
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