T&T Clark handbook of children in the Bible and the biblical world /

The study of children in the Bible and the biblical world speaks to a range of audiences. Children are members of communities past and present, and the Bible continues to shape cultures and the lives of individuals worldwide. This volume provides a wealth of resources, taking both biblical studies a...

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Other Authors: Parker, Julie F. (Editor), Betsworth, Sharon (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : T&T Clark, 2019.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Sharon Betsworth and Julie Faith Parker
  • History of research on children in the Bible and the Biblical world: past developments, present state-and future potential / Reidar Aasgaard
  • Accessing childhoods: interdisciplinary tools at the intersection of Biblical studies and childhood studies / Laurel W. Koepf Taylor
  • Methodology: who is a child and where do we find children in the ancient Near East? / Kristine Henriksen Garroway
  • The logic of sacrificing firstborn children / Heath D. Dewrell
  • Children of Diaspora: the cultural politics of identity and diasporic childhood in the Book of Esther / Dong Sung Kim
  • Children in Proverbs, proverbial children / Ericka S. Dunbar and Kenneth N. Ngwa
  • God as a child in the Hebrew Bible? : playing with the possibilities / Julie Faith Parker
  • Children and the memory of traumatic violence / Kathleen Gallagher Elkins
  • A road-trip to manhood: Tobias's coming of age in Tobit 6-12 / Stephen M. Wilson
  • Methodology: Who is a child and where do we find children in the Greco-Roman world? / John W. Martens
  • Children playing in the marketplaces / Sharon Betsworth
  • "Theirs is the Kingdom": children as proprietors of the Kingdom of God in Luke 18:15-17 / Amy Lindeman Allen
  • The "lost boys" (and girls) of Q's "Neverland" / A. James Murphy
  • Children, parents, and God/gods in interreligious Roman households and the interpretation of 1 Corinthians 7:14 / Judith M. Gundry
  • Fathers and daughters in 1 Corinthians 7:36-38: the social implications of marriage in early Christian families / John W. Martens
  • Absence and presence of children in the Apocryphal Acts / Anna Rebecca Solevåg
  • Traveling with children: flight stories and pilgrimage routes in the Apocryphal Infancy Gospels / Tony Burke.