T&T Clark handbook of children in the Bible and the biblical world
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Tables and Illustrations -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Part One Orientation to the Field -- 2 History of Research on Children in the Bible and the Biblical World: Past...
| Summary: | Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Tables and Illustrations -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Part One Orientation to the Field -- 2 History of Research on Children in the Bible and the Biblical World: Past Developments, Present State-and Future Potential -- General Surveys and Bibliographies -- The Hebrew Bible -- The New Testament -- Reception History -- Methodologies -- Final Reflections and Future Prospects -- 3 Accessing Childhoods: Interdisciplinary Tools at the Intersection of Biblical Studies and Childhood Studies -- Using Childhood Studies to Diff erentiate Children from Childhoods -- Is Child Psychology Useful for Biblical Scholarship? -- Using the History of Childhood to Place Modern Childhood in its Broader Context -- Children's Literature and Literary Theory -- Interpreting Archaeology of the Ancient World -- Drawing Comparisons with Anthropology and Ethnography -- Empirical Research Method toward Children's Agency as Interpreters -- Conclusion -- Part Two Hebrew Bible -- 4 Methodology: Who Is a Child and Where Do We Find Children in the Ancient Near East? -- Who Is a Child in the Biblical World? -- Where Do We Find Children? -- Concluding Remarks -- 5 The Logic of Sacrifi cing Firstborn Children1 -- Interpreting Exodus 22:28-29 -- "Darwinian Suicide"? -- Firstborn Sacrifice as "Absurd" -- Conclusion -- 6 Children of Diaspora: The Cultural Politicsof Identity and Diasporic Childhood in the Book of Esther -- Gatecrashing Children -- Children and the Biblical Scholar -- Reading with Children of Diaspora -- Mordecai vs. Esther -- Hegemonic Masculinity and the Unmen -- Survival from the Threat Within -- Two Views on Cultural Identity and Diaspora -- Conclusion: Esther and the Gatecrashing Children -- 7 Children in Proverbs, Proverbial Children. |
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| ISBN: | 0567672581 |