Lesson 6.15  - The Tanner and Leather Worker; Other Trades

(Covering the sections titled:  “Location and equipment of tanneries”  and  “Curing and tanning the hides,”  pages 123 and 124.)

Important words used in this lesson:

Hide is an animal skin.

Rawhide is an animal skin that has been cleaned, but not tanned.

Tanning (or curing) is the work that changes the animal skin into leather.  The tanner cleans the skin, and then soaks in it chemicals

ACTIVITIES:

(A)  Read Acts 9:43-10:6.

(B)   What was the name of the tanner?                                                                             

(C)  Where did this tanner live?                                                                                        

Lesson 6.16

(Covering the sections titled: “Water bottles” and “Leather-working tools and leather goods,” pages 124 and 125.)

ACTIVITIES:

(A)  List some of the things that a leather worker made:                                                    

(B)   In Bible times not many men did used leather for belts.  But the Bible tells about two men who did use leather belts.  Who are they?

                  2 Kings 1:8                                                                                                    

                  Matthew 3:4