Perspectives on Aging and the Elderly in the Hebrew Bible
The texts in the Hebrew Bible dealing with old age and the elderly should be understood in light of multiple contexts—the socioeconomic settings of real life in ancient Israel; the material indications that life expectancy must have hovered around age 40, which was probably considered elderly and su...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Sage Publ.
2014
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| In: |
Interpretation
Year: 2014, Volume: 68, Issue: 2, Pages: 136-149 |
| Further subjects: | B
Megiddo
B Hebrew Bible B Ancient Near East B Meiron B Social History B Aging B Qumran B Israel B Old Age |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | The texts in the Hebrew Bible dealing with old age and the elderly should be understood in light of multiple contexts—the socioeconomic settings of real life in ancient Israel; the material indications that life expectancy must have hovered around age 40, which was probably considered elderly and suffering the ailments of old age; and the literature from surrounding cultures that depicts the afflictions of old age. |
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| ISSN: | 2159-340X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Interpretation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0020964313518179 |