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Oil lamps come in different shapes, but there's enough surviving oil lamps to know this oil lamp is a reasonable copy of an authentic oil lamp.
This video shows it's size but unfortunately not how bright it was (although we try our best in a darkened room).
We were able to video this in the back of the shop where we bought the lamp, which is why you see a few bits and pieces around Richie and the lamp. However it did give us the opportunity to switch the lights off and show how bright a little oil lamp can be.
I'm certainly glad I live in the era of electricity, it would have been a struggle with only an oil lamp as a light source.
This was filmed on location outside Tel Aviv in Israel.
Actor (guide) - Richie Savo
Camera - Mark Murfitt
Narrator - Mark Murfitt
Edited - Jonnie Conibeer
Produced, Directed - Mark Murfitt
Oil lamp is mentioned in the following scriptures:
Luke 8:16-18, Matthew 6:19-34, Luke 15:1-10, Luke 11:33-54, Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 12:15-21, Luke 12:35-48, Mark 4:21-25
Transcript:
"Oil Lamp.
People use oil lamps to bring light in dark places such as the outside at night-time and in their homes.
People make oil lamps from clay or bronze, they are about 9cm long and 5 cm high.
People craft the lamp into a shape like a shallow bowl that is closed over the top with a small hole in the middle on the top.
On one side there is a spout with a wick, on the other side there can be a handle to carry the lamp.
People make the wick by twisting a cord of flax, dipping it in olive oil and putting it inside the spout.
People fill the lamp with olive oil through the hole at the top.
When a person lights the wick with fire it will burn until the olive oil inside the lamp is all used.
When people use an oil lamp inside their home they put them on a small wooden table called a lampstand or in a small hole in the wall called a niche.
Sometimes people just put the lamp on top of an overturned basket.
Jesus says that a lamp is like a believer who shares God’s word.
Jesus also says “I am the light of the world."
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.
* 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
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?
The source video and voiceover are shareable, this version with the music isn’t unfortunately.
This version contains material that has some form of copyright and cannot be freely distributed. For a shareable version of this video under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license, please contact us!
* 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
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