Oven

"Heb. tannur, (Hos. 7:4). In towns there appear to have been" public ovens. There was a street in Jerusalem (Jer. 37:21) "called "bakers' street" (the only case in which the name of a" "street in Jerusalem is preserved). The words "tower of the" "furnaces" (Neh. 3:11; 12:38) is more properly "tower of the" "ovens" (Heb. tannurim). These resemble the ovens in use among" ourselves. "There were other private ovens of different kinds. Some were "like large jars made of earthenware or copper, which were heated" inside with wood (1 Kings 17:12; Isa. 44:15; Jer. 7:18) or grass "(Matt. 6:30), and when the fire had burned out, small pieces of" dough were placed inside or spread in thin layers on the "outside, and were thus baked. (See [455]FURNACE.)" "Pits were also formed for the same purposes, and lined with cement. These were used after the same manner. "Heated stones, or sand heated by a fire heaped over it, and also "flat irons pans, all served as ovens for the preparation of" bread. (See Gen. 18:6; 1 Kings 19:6.)