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

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Book
Language
English
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Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2008.
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xxvi, 467 pages ; 23 cm

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    "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"--Publisher description.
    Bibliographic references
    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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