Lesson 6.05  -  The Carpenter

(Covering the section titled:  “Jesus, the carpenter’s son,”  page 109.)

The video lesson shows a film of an Arab carpenter shop repairing a plow, exactly like the ones described in Lesson 2.09, with many of the same kind of tools that Joseph and Jesus may have used.

ACTIVITY:

What tools do you think were used in Bible times by carpenters that are still used today?

Lesson 6.06

(Covering the sections titled:  “The carpenter’s shop and its equipment”  and  “Tools of the carpenter,”  pages 109-111.)

This lesson describes the following carpenter’s tools. (Can you describe them?)

     Saw

     Sawing post

     Ax

     Adze

     Chisel

     Hammer & nails

     Mallet (a hammer with a wood head)

     Smoothing block (made of limestone)

     Plane

ACTIVITY:

Who was the most famous carpenter of the Old Testament?  (Hint: Read Genesis 6:13-16.)