Stone and Dung, Oil and Spit

Fergus Millar
— Oriental Institute, Oxford
“Jodi Magness brings literary evidence from both Jewish and New Testament writings together with extensive archaeological material to produce a literally ‘down to earth’ picture of the conditions and customs of daily life in the late Second Temple period. Essential reading for all who are interested in that period.”

Sidnie White Crawford
— University of Nebraska-Lincoln
“A superb handbook on Jewish daily life in the late Second Temple period. Magness demonstrates how texts and archaeology, with careful scholarship, can illuminate each other. This book will be valuable for undergraduates, graduate students, and all scholars of the period for a long time to come.”

Lawrence H. Schiffman
— New York University
“Magness’s originality and her mastery of the sources make this a major contribution to our field.”

Exploring Our Matrix
“For anyone interested in the New Testament or its historical and cultural context, this is an important and very useful volume.”