Insights into Bible times and customs /
G. Christian Weiss ; foreword by Harold J. Berry.
- Chicago, IL : Moody Press, c1972.
- 126 p. ; pbk ; 23 cm.
Old garments, new cloth -- Old bottles, new wine -- God does not mock prayer -- Why put grass in the oven? -- The barren fig tree -- The camel and the needle's eye -- Leaky ceilings and quarrelsome women -- Gethsemane: the olive press -- Equipment of the Palestinian shepherd -- The harvest -- The threshingfloor -- Potters and pottery -- Oil in Scripture -- City gates -- Phylacteries and garment borders -- Coals of fire on the head -- Much ado about a small coin -- Whited sepulchers -- Water and irrigation -- The sop of the Last Supper -- Foot washing -- Tears and tear bottles -- Mirrors -- Marriage customs -- Razors and shaving -- Tentmaking -- Was Jesus born in a stable? -- The palm tree -- Unusual animals -- The donkey -- The dog -- The lion -- The camel.