The child in the Bible / general editor, Marcia J. Bunge ; coeditors, Terence E. Fretheim, Beverly Roberts Gaventa.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2008.
Description
xxvi, 467 p. ; 23 cm.

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    Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-434) and indexes.
    Contents
    • Introduction / Marcia J. Bunge
    • Texts from the Hebrew Scriptures
    • "God was with the boy" (Genesis 21:20) : children in the Book of Genesis / Terence E. Fretheim
    • Exodus as a "text of terror" for children / Claire R. Mathews McGinnis
    • That the children may know : children in Deuteronomy / Patrick D. Miller
    • To discipline without destruction : the multifaceted profile of the child in Proverbs / William P. Brown
    • "Look! The children and I are as signs and portents in Israel" : children in Isaiah / Jacqueline E. Lapsley
    • "Israel, my child" : the ethics of a biblical metaphor / Brent A. Strawn
    • Texts from the New Testament
    • Children in the Gospel of Mark, with special attention to Jesus' blessing of the children (Mark 10:13-16) and the purpose of Mark / Judith M. Gundry
    • "What then will this child become?" : perspectives on children in the Gospel of Luke / John T. Carroll
    • Children in the Gospel of John / Marianne Meye Thompson
    • "Tell me a story" : perspectives on children from the Acts of the Apostles / Joel B. Green
    • Finding a place for children in the letters of Paul / Beverly Roberts Gaventa
    • Like a child : Paul's rhetorical uses of childhood / Reidar Aasgaard
    • A place of belonging : perspectives on children from Colossians and Ephesians / Margaret Y. MacDonald
    • Thematic essays
    • Children and the image of God / W. Sibley Towner
    • Child characters in biblical narratives : the young David (1 Samuel 16-17) and the little Israelite servant girl (2 Kings 5:1-19) / Esther M. Menn
    • "He placed a little child in the midst" : Jesus, the Kingdom, and children / Keith J. White
    • Adoption in the Bible / David L. Bartlett
    • Vulnerable children, divine passion, and human obligation / Walter Brueggemann.
    ISBN
    • 9780802848352 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    • 0802848354 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    LCCN
    2008013162
    OCLC
    219567963
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