House Entrance - The Video Bible Dictionary

Disclaimer: This is our first run at the Video Bible Dictionary, we'd love your feedback, so please leave a comment.
In this Video Bible Dictionary entry we look at what an ancient vineyard wall would have looked like and how it was used. This was filmed on location in Israel.
Actor/guide/interpreter - Richie Savo
Camera - Hamish Jordan ( / hamishjordan , www.hamishjorda...)
Narrator - Mark Murfitt
Editor - Jonnie Conibeer
Produced, Directed - Mark Murfitt
The [ITEM, OBJECT, LOCATION] is mentioned in the following scriptures:
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Transcript:
"House entrance.
Jewish people built their homes using various materials such as stone, wood, reeds and mud bricks.
People normally lived in a rectangular home, with one or two levels and between two and four rooms.
Houses had wooden doors.
People opened the door inward.
People used a wooden lock to secure the door.
People had large wooden keys, about 25-50 cm long.
People put a piece of stone or wood at the bottom of the door that was higher than the floor. This meant that water could not enter the house.
The doorways inside the house, leading from one room to another, were narrower than the door leading outside.
In the Bible people asked Jesus if only a few people were going to be saved.
Jesus didn’t answer their question. Instead he warned them to make sure that they were saved.
Jesus told people a story about the owner of a house who closed the door to his house.
Jesus said the owner will not get up to answer people who knock and ask him to open the door after he has closed it.
Jesus warned people that he will not save those who have not known or acknowledged him."
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What is the Video Bible Dictionary?
How do you explain what a desert wilderness is to someone who’s only ever lived in a jungle? Or how can a person understand what a winnowing fork is when they’ve never seen one?
The Video Bible Dictionary is an ambitious project to film items, objects and places mentioned in the Bible which will be collated into a single resource (a dictionary of sorts) to help people understand and read the Bible; basically what the things and places in the Bible really look like.
Who’s it for?
The primary audience is for Oral Preference Learners, however everyone and anyone will benefit from a more literal understanding of actual places and items from the Bible.
What’s an Oral Preference Learner?
A person who prefers to listen, learn and pass on information orally rather than through reading (most of us, right?). This ‘person’ finds context critical in understanding the world around them, hence every video in the Video Bible Dictionary will show the item, object and place in context of a person.
By way of an example; do you remember those old school textbooks which showed a silhouette of a dinosaur with a silhouette of a person standing next to them? It gave you an understanding of how big the dinosaur was compared to a person, right? This is the same thing.
Why do this?
The Video Bible Dictionary is part of a larger project to provide a resource to support the local church around the world as they teach and share Jesus with those who have yet to hear about Him.
Who do you work for?
This project is being produced by SRV in partnership with Wycliffe Bible Translators and ETEN (short for ‘Every Tribe Every Nation’).
Who am I?
My name is Mark Murfitt, I live in the UK and it’s my privilege to produce and direct these videos as well as to oversee the script writing and media production for this project.
Is something like this really necessary?
Absolutely.
For many people, in both developed and developing countries, much of what we’re videoing isn’t known, understood or believed to actually be real.
Is this work copyright protected?
No.
If you want it, please copy it. You can reproduce it and redistribute it, you don’t have to ask for permission or give notice (some of the music is copyright protected, but most of it isn’t. A non musical one can be requested :)
The only condition is that you don’t sell it or claim yourself as the owner/creator of the original material. Other than that, you’re free to use it as you wish.
* There may be other scriptures where this item, object or place is featured, this isn't and shouldn't be used as an exclusive list