Jephthah's daughter, Sarah's son the death of children in late antiquity

"Late antiquity was a perilous time for children, who were often the first victims of economic crisis, war, and disease. They had a one in three chance of dying before their first birthday, with as many as half dying before age ten. Christian writers accordingly sought to speak to the experienc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Doerfler, Maria (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California University of California Press [2019]
Colección:Christianity in late antiquity (North American Patristics Society) ; 8.
Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
Temas:
Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Bible. > Old Testament
30-600
Children > Death > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Parental grief > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
RELIGION > Ancient.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • (Premature) Death as a good : an introduction
  • Children's deaths in late antiquity in ritual and historical perspective
  • East of Eden : the first bereaved parents
  • Mourning Sarah's son : Genesis 22 and the death of children
  • Echoes of the Akedah : Jephthah's daughter and the Maccabeans' mother
  • Death, demons, and disaster : Job's children
  • Children and the sword : the holy innocents and the death of children
  • Conclusion : children in the quicksand

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