{"product_id":"life-in-year-one-what-the-world-was-like-in-first-century-palestine-9781594485039","title":"Life in Year One: What the World Was Like in First-Century Palestine","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhat was it like to live in the time of Jesus? \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What did people eat? Whom did they marry? How did they keep themselves clean? What did their cities and towns look like? What did they believe? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The answers, it turns out, are surprising. This simple question is not so simple after all. With a historian's insight and a reporter's curiosity, Scott Korb gives us a backstage pass to the unexpected and sometimes down-and-dirty truth about what everyday life was like in first-century Palestine, that tumultuous era when the Roman Empire was at its zenith and a new religion-Christianity-was born.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScott Korb is the co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Faith Between Us: A Jew and a Catholic Search for the Meaning of God\u003c\/i\u003e. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin and graduate degrees from Union Seminary and Columbia University. He has written for \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGastronomica\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eRevealer\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51500519817490,"sku":"9781594485039","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_84420a49-acd3-4f0d-8ad9-f51a6aab726d.jpg?v=1753194700","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/life-in-year-one-what-the-world-was-like-in-first-century-palestine-9781594485039","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}