The family in life and in death : the family in ancient Israel : sociological and archaeological perspectives / edited by Patricia Dutcher-Walls.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dutcher-Walls, Patricia.

Series:

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 504.

T & T Clark library of biblical studies.

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 504

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Palestine--History--Congresses.

Families.

Sociology, Biblical--Congresses.

Sociology, Biblical.

Palestine--Social life and customs--To 70 A.D--Congresses.

Palestine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : T & T Clark International, c2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This volume explores the advantages of seeing a topic from two different but complementary perspectives. All of the papers in the volume were read at two sessions at SBL (2005 and 2006) that were co-sponsored by the Social Sciences and the Hebrew Bible Section of SBL and the American Schools of Oriental Research. The sessions were designed to promote dialogue among scholars by juxtaposing research based in the social sciences and archaeology. Scholars contributed papers from within their own methodological and research perspective, but addressed possible interactions and overlaps that their re

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Contributors; Preface; THE CLARITY OF DOUBLE VISION: SEEING THE FAMILY IN SOCIOLOGICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE; THE DETERMINATION OF SOCIAL IDENTITY IN THE STORY OF RUTH; LYING AND DECEIT IN FAMILIES: THE DUPING OF ISAAC AND TAMAR; AVERAGE FAMILIES? HOUSE SIZE VARIABILITY IN THE SOUTHERN LEVANTINE IRON AGE; "HOME ECONOMICS 1407" AND THE ISRAELITE FAMILY AND THEIR NEIGHBORS: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL/ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION; EXODUS 12 IN LIGHT OF ANCESTRAL CULT PRACTICES; DEATH, KINSHIP, AND COMMUNITY: AFTERLIFE AND THE (Omitted) IDEAL IN ISRAEL

FROM WOMB TO TOMB: THE ISRAELITE FAMILY IN DEATH AS IN LIFEIndex of Biblical References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613191908

9781283191906

1283191903

9780567000088

0567000087

OCLC:

745866127