He makes me lie down in green pastures he leads me beside still waters he restores my soul. “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. Both of these passages link the good Shepherd with divine care: The two most famous uses of this symbol are in Psalm 23 and in John 10. A flock depended utterly on its shepherd for safety, food and daily care, so the shepherd became a common symbol of God’s care for humanity and all creation. Shepherds and flocks were a common feature of everyday life in biblical times. Their lives were simple, ordinary, humdrum. Their son Jesus was taught building skills by his father Joseph, and was expected to carry on the family trade. They were devout, traditional Jews, travelling often to Jerusalem for the major religious festivals.
For images and information, see Women’s Work or Bible Archaeology: WorkĪs far as we know, Jesus’ family lived a normal life in Nazareth. Your home was made of stone and mud-brick and though it might not have been beautiful on the outside, inside it was cool, comfortable and pleasant. If you were a young Jewish woman like Mary of Nazareth you lived with your extended family, or with the family of your husband. She did the traditional work of women – preparing food, washing, fetching water from the well, working in the fields owned by her family, helping other women raise their many children. Mary was a junior member of a large Jewish peasant family, always surrounded by other people. He probably had to travel to get jobs outside Nazareth, but there was plenty of work at the time, since Herod Antipas had recently redesigned and rebuilt the nearby town of Sepphoris. Joseph was a builder – not a carpenter, since there was little need for a carpenter in a small village, and wood was a luxury item. Women in the biblical period made their family’s garments from scratch. The girl in the photograph wears a garment that is not only handwoven but homespun as well. Of course, Mary lived in a village surrounded by good farm land, and would have been slightly more affluent than women of nomadic tribes. The 19th century photograph of a Bedouin girl at right gives some idea of the clothing and decoration of a Middle Eastern woman from a nomadic tribe. Both sexes wore leather ankle-length boots in winter, sandals in summer, and cut their dusty toenails with a sharp knife.įor images and more information, go to Clothes for Rich and Poor Their clothes were homespun wool or linen, loose fitting, in one of the soft colors of natural dyes – cream, a deep faded pink, or a soft grey. Peasant women often painted a line of red or purple dye down the center parting of their hair, and wore modest pieces of jewelry.
They were robust, sturdy, with strong brown hands callused from work, and glossy black hair. They would have been shorter than modern people, about five feet tall for women and a bit more for men. What did the people of Nazareth (like Jesus) do for entertainment?įirst of all, what did the people of ancient Nazareth (like Mary and Joseph) look like?.What work did the women of Nazareth do?.What work did Nazareth people in general do?.What did the people of ancient Nazareth (like Jesus, Mary and Joseph) look like?.
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