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...
| Other Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London ; New York :
T&T Clark,
2019.
|
| Subjects: |
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.