Discover and understand biblical life worlds - A unique reference work that explains the life worlds of the Bible. For anyone who engages with biblical texts, whether professionally or privately. The Bible tells stories of people, their daily lives, their work, their faith, and their existence. We often forget that the living conditions and mindsets of people over 2000 years ago were often very different from our modern ones. This frequently leads to biblical texts remaining incomprehensible or being misunderstood. In more than 200 main and keyword articles, as well as numerous brief information pieces, the authors of the Social Historical Dictionary explain the living conditions of the people at the time when the biblical traditions were formed and passed down through generations.