{"product_id":"new-manners-customs-of-the-bible-9780882707457","title":"New Manners \u0026 Customs of the Bible","description":"For over 100 years, Freeman's Manners and Customs of the Bible has been the serious Bible student's choice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Short of enrolling in a course in ancient Hebrew civilization, The New Manners \u0026amp; Customs of the Bible is the quickest, easiest, and most enjoyable way to understand the people and culture of the Bible. It is an invaluable key to unlocking a complete and accurate understanding of Scripture that is often hidden in ancient Hebrew culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Do you know, for example: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What significance earrings had in Biblical times? \u003cbr\u003e What the sources were for the waters for Noah's Flood? \u003cbr\u003e What Jesus really meant by the \"eye of the needle\"? \u003cbr\u003e What it means for Christ to wear \"many crowns\"? \u003cbr\u003e What Paul was referring to by a \"triumphal procession\"? \u003cbr\u003e What the differences are between a modern and a Biblical wedding celebration? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e All these questions and hundreds more are answered in The New Manners \u0026amp; Customs of the Bible. It's a reference book that belongs on the bookshelf of every earnest Bible student and teacher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Midwinter Freeman (1827-1900) was an American clergyman and writer. Born in New York City, he was educated at Wesleyan University and Mount Union College. He studied Latin, Greek, German, and Hebrew throughout his lifetime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Early in his career, Freeman was a printer and then a teacher, when he was called to ministry. In 1850, at age twenty-three, he was admitted to the New Jersey Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church. He received full membership and was ordained a deacon two years later. In 1854, Freeman was ordained an elder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e He served as a pastor for twenty-three years, mainly throughout New Jersey. Freeman brought many to Christ during the great religious awakening of 1857 and 1858. In a memorial for the 1900 minutes of the church's Newark Conference, J. L. Hurlbut wrote, \"He seemed an ideal minister, whether on the pulpit, or as pastor visiting my father's house, or in the Sunday school, where he was always present and was a born leader, or in the altar in the three months of continuous revival meetings, leading souls to Christ. I was not the only youth converted in that great revival under his ministry who became a minister.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Freeman also wrote and edited Sunday school books and periodicals for the Methodist Episcopal Church, and served on several boards.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e His \u003ci\u003eHandbook of Bible Manners and Customs\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1874. He also wrote \u003ci\u003eUse of Illustration in Sunday School Teaching\u003c\/i\u003e (1867) and \u003ci\u003eA Story History of the English Bible\u003c\/i\u003e (1879).\u003cbr\u003e But Freeman is perhaps best known - albeit perhaps anonymously - for writing and publishing more than thirty children's books under the pseudonym Robin Ranger, beginning around 1862. These illustrated works include \u003ci\u003eUp in the Garret\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOut in the Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSummer Days\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunshine Hall, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Magic-Lantern\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRunning Birds \u0026amp; Pigeons\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRobin Ranger's Picture Book\u003c\/i\u003e. They were very popular with children of that era.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bridge-Logos Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614638477586,"sku":"9780882707457","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3f3e5e7a-e7aa-4b3d-beab-09cfd53d60e3.jpg?v=1732454434","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/new-manners-customs-of-the-bible-9780882707457","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}