[Faith-talk] Bible history and living

[Greg Aikens]

Hi Ashley,
The old testament does mention people having more than one wife at the same time.  Abraham was one, so was Jacob.  Solomon had hundreds of wives.  But when god revealed the law to Israel in Exodus, leviticus, Deuteronomy etc. he made it clear that he intended for men to have one wife and women one husband.  

There are lots of ancient peoples mentioned in the old testament but it is mostly the story of Israel, who were hebrews, and their interaction with other peoples, like Egyptians, Canaanites, Philistines, Asyrians, Babylonians etc.  

  


On Nov 18, 2011, at 4:42 PM, Ashley Bramlett wrote:

> Hi,
> I noticed that in the old testament, it speaks of multiple wives. I think Abraham married multiple ones, although I don't know if they were at one time.
> Are most of the people Hebrew in the Old testament?
> I know that Jesus was Hebrew and he was the New testament.
> I guess in researching history, I'll look up Israel, Ancient Egypt, and maybe Persia.
> Just wondering what words to look up.
> 
> The history source book page seems quite big, so I'm hoping as I search through it it will be helpful
> The other website which seemed to be great and well organized was www.studylight.org. I clicked on history, and it divided it in to BC and AD.
> 
> From there, I think its subcategories. I'll look through that well.
> 
> 
> Ashley
> -----Original Message----- From: Rex Leslie Howard, Jr.
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> 
> Ashley, Here are a couple of links to get you started.
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior:Ancient_Civilizations/Hebrews
> 
> That should be an interesting read for you. I am sure there is a book in the
> Wikibooks site that is specific to bible history and customs and I will try
> to find it for you in the next day or so.
> Here is a link to a "Culture of Israel" page:
> http://www.everyculture.com/Ge-It/Israel.html
> 
> Here is a link to the history sourcebooks project which contains information
> about ancient history to modern history. It is quite extensive:
> http://www.fordham.edu/halsall
> 
> There's a lot of information about this kind of stuff and some of it can be
> found on the www.studylight.org page.
> 
> My recommendation about www.studylight.org is that you set aside a few hours
> just to play around with that site and see what you like. There is more
> there than you may ever need and the information can be overwhelming.
> 
> Yes, the Encyclopedias are searchable but not by keywords. You really need
> to know the term that you're searching for. There is a list of alphabetical
> links which will let you browse by letter of the alphabet. There is the
> International Standard bible Encyclopedia and there is also the condensed
> Encyclopedia.
> 
> Also the Lutherans have an encyclopedia called ChristianCyclopedia. It can
> be found here:
> http://cyclopedia.lcms.org/
> Here is a link to the Catholic Encyclopedia which is also quite extensive:
> http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/
> 
> And if that isn't enough, here is the link to the mother of all religious
> Encyclopedias:
> www.jewishencyclopedia.com
> 
> Again, I will try to find something more specific to your needs but it might
> be tomorrow before I can.
> 
> 
> 
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