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Children in the Bible and the Ancient World Comparative and Historical Methods in Reading Ancient Children

Children in the Bible and the Ancient World Comparative and Historical Methods in Reading Ancient Children

The topic of children in the Bible has long been under-represented but this has recently changed with the development of childhood studies in broader fields and the work of several dedicated scholars. While many reading methods are employed in this emerging field comparative work with children in the ancient world has been an important tool to understand the function of children in biblical texts. Children in the Bible and the Ancient World broadly introduces children in the ancient world and specifically children in the Bible. It brings together an international group of experts who help readers understand how children are constructed in biblical literature across three broad areas: children in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East children in Christian writings and the Greco-Roman world and children and materiality. The diverse essays cover topics such as: vows in Ugarit and the Hebrew Bible obstetric knowledge infant abandonment the role of marriage Greek abandonment texts ritual entry for children into Christian communities education sexual abuse and the role of archeological figurines in children’s lives. The volume also includes expertise in biological anthropology to study the skeletal remains of ancient children as well as how ancient texts illuminate Mary’s female maturity. The volume is written in an accessible style suitable for non-specialists and it is equipped with a helpful resource bibliography that organizes select secondary sources from these essays into meaningful categories for further study. Children in the Bible and the Ancient World is a helpful introduction to any who study children and childhood in the ancient world. In addition the volume will be of interest to experts who are engaged in historical approaches to biblical studies while appreciating how the ancient world continues to illuminate select topics in biblical texts. | Children in the Bible and the Ancient World Comparative and Historical Methods in Reading Ancient Children

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Ancient Egypt Anatomy of a Civilization

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An Introduction to the Ancient World

An Introduction to the Ancient World

An Introduction to the Ancient World offers a thorough survey of the history of the ancient Near East Greece and Rome. Covering the social political economic and cultural processes that have influenced later western and Near Eastern civilisations this volume considers subjects such as the administrative structures economies and religions of the ancient Near East Athenian democracy the development of classical Greek literature the interaction of cultures in the Hellenistic world the political and administrative system of the Roman Republic and empire and the coming of Christianity all within the broad outline of political history. This third edition is thoroughly updated and some chapters are completely rewritten to cover recent historical research. Changes include: more attention to economic structures and developments and to the history of the later Roman Empire (third to sixth centuries AD); incorporation of the results of recent archaeological and historical research and recently published studies of ancient literature; ‘boxes’ that support the main text on topics including economic and political systems religion and terminology; redrawn maps and new higher-quality images; the inclusion of useful websites in the bibliography. An Introduction to the Ancient World provides an easily readable user-friendly integrated overview for students of ancient history classics and archaeology. Lavishly illustrated clearly and concisely written and well organised this fully updated and revised edition will remain a key resource for students beginning to investigate the civilisations of the ancient Mediterranean.

GBP 35.99
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Imagining the Afterlife in the Ancient World

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