The World Jesus Knew: Beliefs and Customs from the Time of Jesus

Anne Punton. Monarch Books, $12.99 (267pp) ISBN 978-0-8254-6004-3

What did Jesus wear? What foods might he have eaten? What religious customs and festivals did he observe? In The World Jesus Knew: Beliefs and Customs from the Time of Jesus, Anne Punton explores the everyday world of the central figure of the Christian faith. Punton does a fine job of discussing how ""mundane"" aspects of life (particularly agriculture) influenced Jesus' teachings. (May)

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