The Child in the BibleMarcia J. Bunge, Terence E. Fretheim, Beverly Roberts Gaventa In this volume nineteen biblical scholars collaborate to provide an informed and focused treatment of biblical perspectives on children and childhood. Looking at the Bible through the "lens" of the child exposes new aspects of biblical texts and themes. Some of the authors focus on selected biblical texts -- Genesis, Proverbs, Mark, and more -- while others examine such biblical themes as training and disciplining, children and the image of God, the metaphor of Israel as a child, and so on. In discussing a vast array of themes and questions, the chapters also invite readers to reconsider the roles that children can or should play in religious communities today. Contributors: Reidar Aasgaard |
Contents
20 | 3 |
Exodus as a Text of Terror for Children | 24 |
Children in Deuteronomy | 45 |
The Multifaceted | 63 |
Look The Children and I Are as Signs and Portents | 82 |
The Ethics of a Biblical Metaphor | 103 |
Children in the Gospel of Mark with Special Attention | 143 |
Children in the Gospel of John | 195 |
Pauls Rhetorical Uses of Childhood | 249 |
Perspectives on Children | 278 |
Children and the Image of God | 307 |
Adoption in the Bible | 375 |
Vulnerable Children Divine Passion | 399 |
select bibliography | 423 |
contributors | 435 |
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Common terms and phrases
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Child in the Bible |
| Editors | Marcia J. Bunge, Terence E. Fretheim, Beverly Roberts Gaventa |
| Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0802848354, 9780802848352 |
| Length | 467 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Biblical Studies / General |
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