In Stone and Dung, Oil and Spit Jodi Magness unearths “footprints” buried in both archaeological and literary evidence to shed new light on Jewish daily life in Palestine from the mid-first century BCE to 70 CE—the time and place of Jesus’ life and ministry.
Magness analyzes recent archaeological discoveries from such sites as Qumran and Masada together with a host of period texts, including the New Testament, the works of Josephus, and rabbinic teachings. Layering all these sources together, she reconstructs in detail a fascinating variety of everyday activities—dining customs, Sabbath observance, fasting, toilet habits, burial customs, and more.
Jodi Magness brings the ancient Near East to life with a fresh and original perspective making Stone and Dung, Oil and Spit a must-have for anyone interested in the Second Temple Period. Produced with scholarly rigor yet accessible to nonspecialists and students this volume is, with the Logos Bible Software, completely searchable and fully linked to the original-language texts in your library. This makes the Logos edition of Stone and Dung, Oil and Spit useful and accessible for students, pastors, academics, and laity.
