The Illustrated Guide to Bible Customs & Curiosities

by George W. Knight III

Why did Bible people wash each other's feet? What was wrong with Leah's "tender eyes"? Why were the Israelites forbidden to boil a young goat in its mother's milk? What did Jesus mean about His "yoke" being "easy"? Where exactly was Jesus crucified? Find answers to these questions and many more in The Illustrated Guide to Bible Customs and Curiosities. More than 750 clear, concise entries are included, covering every book of the Bible in order. Full-color illustrations enhance the text, making The Illustrated Guide to Bible Customs and Curiosities both informative and entertaining.

Genres: Christian, Reference, History, Theology, Nonfiction, Christianity, Religion

249 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2007

About the author

George W. Knight III is an ordained minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. He is a theologian, author, preacher, churchman, and adjunct professor of New Testament at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Taylors, South Carolina. He holds a B.D. Westminster Theological Seminary, 1956; Th.M Westminster Theological Seminary, 1957; Th.D. Free University of Amsterdam, 1968.

Reviews

[Debbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

"The Illustrated Guide to Bible Customs & Curiosities" is a Bible commentary that focuses on cultural background information. This information helps readers to better understand potentially puzzling Bible passages.

It's very easy to read and a quick read. It covered the whole Bible. Each entry gave the verse being talked about in the margin and a couple paragraphs of related background information next to it in the main text under a topic heading. There were a lot of full-color photographs that helped the reader better understand the information in the text (as in, useful illustrations rather than simply "pretty pictures").

There were several times that I would have liked to know where the author got his information since I've read conflicting information elsewhere, but no source information was provided. Overall, I'd recommend this as a good resource for a beginner in the area of Bible background since it covered a lot of good, basic information.

[Valerie L · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book! Easy to read with lots of information about bible customs you never knew. What I like best is that it has an easy lay-out of one paragraph topics that have pictures and scripture references all right there. This is book is for anyone wanting to learn more about the bible! It's easy to read a little bit at a time and then put it down and pick up later. It starts with Genesis and takes you all the way through each book in the Old and New Testaments.

Great for any age!

[Itai Gurira · Rating 5 out of 5]

well worth the effort, and one to keep for the library of a person who wants to understand the bible more

[Brock Pattison · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very easily accessible reference book. It brought a lot more context to my Bible reading. Definitely a book to keep close when reading scripture. I highly recommend it to anyone reading the Bible.

[Teresa Pollard · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book contains a lot of useful information--especially for writers of Biblical fiction like me. I only wished it was longer and contained even more.