Emerging scholars : give me children or I shall die: children and communal survival in Biblical literature

Emerging scholars : give me children or I shall die: children and communal survival in Biblical literature /

In the subsistence agricultural social context of the Hebrew Bible, children were necessary for communal survival. In such an economy, children's labor contributes to the family's livelihood from a young age, rather than simply preparing the child for future adult work. Ethnographic resear...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Koefp-Taylor, Laurel W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Fortress Press, [2013]
Series:Emerging scholars.
Subjects:
Children in the Bible.
Children.
BIBLES > General.
RELIGION > Biblical Reference > General.
RELIGION > Biblical Reference > Handbooks.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > History & Culture.
Children
Children in the Bible
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Cross-cultural studies
History
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • Biblical children, biblical childhoods
  • Interpreting (in)fertility
  • The value of education and enculturation
  • The child and the community at risk
  • Conclusion.

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