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...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis
Fortress Press
c2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: KOEPF-TAYLOR, LAUREL W., Give Me Children or I Shall Die: Children and Communal Survival in Biblical Literature] (2015) (Parker, Julie Faith)
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| Series/Journal: | Emerging scholars
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ Child
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| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible |
| Further subjects: | B
Children (Middle East)
History To 1500
B Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc B Children in the Bible B Thesis B Children Cross-cultural studies |
| Summary: | "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 research shows that this interdependent family life contrasts significantly with that of privileged modern Westerners for whom children are dependents. In this volume, Laurel Koepf-Taylor looks beyond the dominant cultural constructions of childhood in the modern West and the moral rhetoric that accompanies them. In doing so, Koept-Taylor seeks to uncover what biblical texts intend to communicate when they utilize children as literary tropes in their own social, cultural, and historical context."--Page 4 of cover |
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| Item Description: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Union Theological Seminary, New York, N.Y., 2012 Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-144) and indexes |
| ISBN: | 1451465637 |