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Jephthah's daughter, Sarah's son : the death of children in late antiquity /

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Late antiquity was a perilous time for children, who were often the first victims of economic crisis, war and disease. They had a one in three chance of dying before their first birthday, with as many as half dying before age ten. Christian writers accordingly sought to speak to the experience of be...

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Main Author: Doerfler, Maria (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2019]
Series:Christianity in late antiquity (North American Patristics Society) ; 8.
Subjects:
Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Children > Death > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Parental grief > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.

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