The family in life and in death : the family in ancient Israel : sociological and archaeological perspectives /
edited by Patricia Dutcher-Walls.
- New York ; London : T and T Clark International, (c)2009.
- xii, 137 pages : plans ; 25 cm.
- Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 504 T & T Clark library of biblical studies .
The studies collected in this volume were initially presented at various sessions of the Social Sciences and the Interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures Section of the Society of Biblical Literature. In both 2005 and 2006, this Section sponsored an invited session on the family in ancient Israel in conjunction with the American Schools of Oriental Research. The eighth study was presented at a 2007 session of the same SBL Section. Each piece has been updated and edited for publication.
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 [hesed] ideal in Israel From womb to tomb : the Israelite family in death as in life Patricia Dutcher-Walls -- Victor H. Matthews -- Heather A. McKay -- Bruce Routledge -- John S. Holladay, Jr. -- Naomi Steinberg -- Stephen L. Cook -- E. Bloch-Smith.