Bible Interpretation, Student Workbook, SW05

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B I B L E I N T E R P R E T A T I O N

a. Luke 14.23 - And the master said to the servant, “Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.”

b. Acts 16.15 - And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.

4. Recommended reference works

a. New Manners and Customs of Bible Times , Fred Wight and Ralph Gower. (Moody, 1987)

b. Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah , Alfred Edersheim. (Hendrickson, 1997)

c. Ancient Israel: Its Life and Institutions (Biblical Resource Series), by Roland De Vaux, David Noel Freedman, ed. (Eerdmans, 1997)

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D. Historical resources

1. Cities of the Biblical World , LaMoine F. DeVries. (Hendrickson, 1997)

2. For the Old Testament

a. Israel and the Nations: The History of Israel from the Exodus to the Fall of the Second Temple , David F. Payne and F. F. Bruce. (InterVarsity Press, 1998)