Sacred Pages: Exploring Biblical Depths

Genesis: Did You Know

A person in the ancient Near East could claim the rights to a well that was on someone else's property

The bride price paid by the grooms family was held in trust in order to provide for the wife in case she was abandoned or widowed

A mans Seal, Cord and Staff were proof of his individual and corporate identity basically the ancient equivalent of an ID Card.

Both the Egyptians and the Babylonian compiled books of dreams which contained sample dreams to help with dream interpretation.

The philosophy behind the practice of embalming was a belief that the body needed to be preserved for use in the after kife