{"product_id":"the-cultural-dictionary-of-bible","title":"The Cultural Dictionary of Bible","description":"\u003cp\u003e2000 Catholic Press Association Award Winner!\u003cbr\u003e\nInterpreting the Bible respectfully is a cross-cultural enterprise. For those who seek to understand the Bible as a document from the ancient Mediterranean world and communicate it to people in other cultures, The Cultural Dictionary of the Bible is an ideal tool.\u003cbr\u003e\nScripture expert John Pilch gives the modern Bible reader an appreciation for the world in which each book of the Bible originated and an in-depth look at the Mediterranean personalities who populate the pages of the Bible. With more than 100 distinctive, Middle-Eastern notions, from Abba\" to \"Work,\" this collection provides a cultural system of shared interpretations of persons, things, and events relating to the Mediterranean region.\u003cbr\u003e\nBy applying a social-scientific approach to interpreting the Bible, Pilch shows how a multi-cultural understanding, enriched with the discoveries and insights taken from contemporary anthropological studies, can bemused to examine the distinctive, Middle Eastern cultural world of the Bible.\u003cbr\u003e\nSince each article discusses a variety of persons, things, and events under its title, the alphabetized tale of contents presents a comprehensive list of these subjects for ready reference. Uppercase entries identify complete articles; lowercase entries list some of the related topics treated in the articles. A bibliography is provided at the end of each major article. A list of basic resources at the end of the volume presents a selection of dictionaries, atlases, and similar books for supplemental information on each topic.\u003cbr\u003e\nPreachers, readers, RCIA participants and students alike will appreciate the index to the Sunday Lectionary readings for the full three-year cycle that is provided and its citation of the words defined in the dictionary that appear in the given readings. Includes illustrations of appropriate entries.\u003cbr\u003e\nEntries include:\u003cbr\u003e\nABBA\u003cbr\u003e\nAgriculture\u003cbr\u003e\nAlternate Reality\u003cbr\u003e\nANGER\u003cbr\u003e\nAnimals\u003cbr\u003e\nAntonia Fortress\u003cbr\u003e\nBailey\u003cbr\u003e\nBeard\u003cbr\u003e\nBread\u003cbr\u003e\nBlindness\u003cbr\u003e\nBoat\u003cbr\u003e\nBurial\u003cbr\u003e\nCarpenter\u003cbr\u003e\nCaves\u003cbr\u003e\nCenturion\u003cbr\u003e\nChristians\u003cbr\u003e\nCLOTHES\u003cbr\u003e\nCOINS\u003cbr\u003e\nCorban\u003cbr\u003e\nCOSMETICS AND JEWELRY\u003cbr\u003e\nCulture\u003cbr\u003e\nDANCE\u003cbr\u003e\nDEATH\u003cbr\u003e\nDECEPTION AND LYING\u003cbr\u003e\nDRINKING AND EATING\u003cbr\u003e\nEarrings\u003cbr\u003e\nEating\u003cbr\u003e\nEmotions\u003cbr\u003e\nEvil Eye\u003cbr\u003e\nEyes\u003cbr\u003e\nFishing\u003cbr\u003e\nFORGIVENESS\u003cbr\u003e\nFortresses\u003cbr\u003e\nFrankincense\u003cbr\u003e\nGoats\u003cbr\u003e\nGood Shepherd\u003cbr\u003e\nHAIR\u003cbr\u003e\nHands\u003cbr\u003e\nHEALING\u003cbr\u003e\nHeaven\u003cbr\u003e\nHOLY MAN\u003cbr\u003e\nHoney\u003cbr\u003e\nHonor and Shame\u003cbr\u003e\nHOUSE\u003cbr\u003e\nHUMOR\u003cbr\u003e\nIndividualism\u003cbr\u003e\nInsider\/Outsider\u003cbr\u003e\nIsraelite\u003cbr\u003e\nJewelry\u003cbr\u003e\nJEWS ANDCHRISTIANS\u003cbr\u003e\nJohn the Baptist\u003cbr\u003e\nJudeans\u003cbr\u003e\nLaughter\u003cbr\u003e\nLife\u003cbr\u003e\nLiterary Forms\u003cbr\u003e\nLying\u003cbr\u003e\nMILITARY\u003cbr\u003e\nMilk\u003cbr\u003e\nMUSIC\u003cbr\u003e\nMother\u003cbr\u003e\nNazirite\u003cbr\u003e\nNONVERBAL COMMUNICATION\u003cbr\u003e\nOath\u003cbr\u003e\nOil\u003cbr\u003e\nPerfume\u003cbr\u003e\nPeter's House\u003cbr\u003e\nPoor\u003cbr\u003e\nPRAYER\u003cbr\u003e\nPuns\u003cbr\u003e\nRabbi\u003cbr\u003e\nRevenge\u003cbr\u003e\nRoads\u003cbr\u003e\nSalt\u003cbr\u003e\nSatan\u003cbr\u003e\nSea\u003cbr\u003e\nSECRECY\u003cbr\u003e\nShalom\u003cbr\u003e\nShame\u003cbr\u003e\nSHEEP AND GOATS\u003cbr\u003e\nSICKNESS\u003cbr\u003e\nSign\u003cbr\u003e\nSin\u003cbr\u003e\nSinging\u003cbr\u003e\nSKY\u003cbr\u003e\nSMELLS AND TASTES\u003cbr\u003e\nSorghum\u003cbr\u003e\nSpace\u003cbr\u003e\nSPIRITS\u003cbr\u003e\nStonemason\u003cbr\u003e\nSYMBOLISM\u003cbr\u003e\nTastes\u003cbr\u003e\nTeeth\u003cbr\u003e\nTents\u003cbr\u003e\nTranslation\u003cbr\u003e\nTRAVEL\u003cbr\u003e\nVengeance\u003cbr\u003e\nWater\u003cbr\u003e\nWEATHER\u003cbr\u003e\nWheat\u003cbr\u003e\nWine\u003cbr\u003e\nWool\u003cbr\u003e\nWORK, ISBN13: 9780814625279 ISBN10: 0814625274 Material Type: paperback\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CheapBookDepot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46115072999587,"sku":"S_H0000E7M","price":29.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/9227\/5107\/files\/519L_yp5U2L.jpg?v=1754740352","url":"https:\/\/usedbookdepot.com\/products\/the-cultural-dictionary-of-bible","provider":"Used Book Depot","version":"1.0","type":"link"}