I wonder how many people died in the ancient world from rolling off their roofs while they were sleeping?
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Sleeping on the Roof
"In Palestine roofs were flat, and people socialized and slept on them to cool off a little during hot weather." - Craig Blomberg, Jesus and the Gospels: 2nd Edition (Nashville: B&H Academic, 2009) p. 63
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I may be wrong but I think they were required by law to have a parapet around their roof. If no parapet they were held responsible. Deut. 22:8
ReplyDeleteHi, tljgl:
ReplyDeleteThat makes sense, I just don't know if they still continued that practice even after being conquered by the Persians, the Greeks, and finally the Romans.
However, I think the safest bet was that they probably did build a parapet around their roof. At least, it would be reasonable that they did!