I looked at references to them in the Hebrew Bible, thinking about why that space was used for ritual activities. Sacrifice and learning happen on a threshing floor, for instance.

And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, ... Bible Text of the Month: John 1:29. John Calvin, John Owen, John Lightfoot Missions Drama in Ghana.

The Scroll of Ruth contains one of the most idyllic stories in the Bible, a tale of "autumnal love" between a widow and a widower, against the backdrop of Diaspora intermarriage, conversion to ...