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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Taylor, Laurel Koepf (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014
Colección:Emerging scholars.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Children > Middle East > History > To 1500.
Children > Cross-cultural studies.
Children in the Bible.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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