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Paternity, progeny, and perpetuation : creating lives after death in the Hebrew Bible / Steffan Mathias.
Van Pelt Library BS1199.F32 M28 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mathias, Steffan, author.
- Series:
- Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 696.
- The library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies, 2513-8758 ; 696
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Families--Biblical teaching.
- Families.
- Kinship in the Bible.
- Paternity--Biblical teaching.
- Paternity.
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Biblical teaching.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 283 pages; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney : T&T Clark, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020.
- Summary:
- "This book offers a fresh perspective on the importance of progeny and perpetuation of the family line in the Hebrew tradition. Stephen Mathias argues that the Hebrew Bible depicts failing to protect the transmission of the family line as both a failure in the social order, a threat to the afterlife, and a failure in masculinity, leading to the eradication of the name and memory of the man and the destruction of the household. Mathias reassess pertinent texts such as levirate marriage (Deut 22:5-10) or the erection of monuments (Isa 56:5-8)"--Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Based on the author's doctoral dissertation, King's College, London, 2015.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Mathias, Steffan, Paternity, progeny, and perpetuation
- ISBN:
- 9780567691804
- 0567691802
- OCLC:
- 1125351108
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