Children and Methods
Listening To and Learning From Children in the Biblical World
Published on 30. January 2020
Book
Hardback
258 pages
978-90-04-42339-8 (ISBN)
Description
In Children and Methods: Listening To and Learning From Children in the Biblical World, Kristine Henriksen Garroway and John W. Martens bring together an interdisciplinary collection of essays addressing children in the Hebrew Bible, New Testament, and broader ancient world. While the study of children has been on the rise in a number of fields, the methodologies by which we listen to and learn from children in ancient Judaism and Christianity have not been critically examined.
This collection of essays proposes that while the various lenses of established methods of higher criticism offer insight into the lives of children, by filtering these methods through the new field of Childist Criticism, children can be heard and seen in a new light.
This collection of essays proposes that while the various lenses of established methods of higher criticism offer insight into the lives of children, by filtering these methods through the new field of Childist Criticism, children can be heard and seen in a new light.
Reviews / Votes
"With its presentation of various methodologies, the volume provides an introduction to the field of biblical childhood studies. It is valuable for scholars who are not yet acquainted with the field, but also for established scholars who wish to expand their methodological repertoire."- Albertina Oegema, Protestant Theological University, in NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion Vol. 76, no. 1, 2022.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-42339-8 (9789004423398)
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Persons
Kristine Henriksen Garroway, Ph.D. (2009), Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, is Visiting Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at the Los Angeles campus of HUC. She has published books and articles on children in the biblical world including Growing Up in Ancient Israel (SBL, 2018).
John W. Martens, Ph.D. (1991), McMaster University, is Professor of Theology at University of St. Thomas. He has published books and articles on children in early Christianity including, with Cornelia Horn, "Let the Little Children Come to Me": Childhood and Children in Early Christianity (CUA, 2009).
John W. Martens, Ph.D. (1991), McMaster University, is Professor of Theology at University of St. Thomas. He has published books and articles on children in early Christianity including, with Cornelia Horn, "Let the Little Children Come to Me": Childhood and Children in Early Christianity (CUA, 2009).
Content
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction: the Study of Children in the Bible: New Questions or a New Method?
?Kristine Henriksen Garroway and John W. Martens
part 1: Connections in the Field
2 Feminist Studies as the Mother of Childist Approaches to the Bible
?Kathleen Gallagher Elkins
3 Why Hebrew Bible Masculinity Studies and Childhood Studies Have Not Connected, and Why They Should
?Stephen M. Wilson
part 2: Archaeology and the Ancient Near East
4 Childist Archaeology: Children, Toys, and Skill Transmission in Ancient Israel
?Kristine Henriksen Garroway
5 Children Should Be Seen: Studying Children in Assyrian Iconography
?Jason Anthony Riley
6 Broadening Our Perspective of Ancient Children: Historical-Comparative Methods and the Value of Ancient Children
?Shawn W. Flynn
part 3: Hebrew Bible and New Testament
7 The Narrative Work of Biblical Children: Soundings from Genesis
?Danna Nolan Fewell
8 The Force of yhwh Awakens: Social Scientific Methodologies and Children Who Rise from the Dead
?Julie Faith Parker
9 Narrative Criticism and Childist Interpretation: a Study of Mark 7:24-30
?Sharon Betsworth
10 Perspectives from Disability Studies in the Pastoral Epistles
?Anna Rebecca Solevag
11 Children in Mark: a Deconstructive Approach
?A. James Murphy
12 Conclusions: the Childist Criticism of the Future
?Kristine Henriksen Garroway
Index of Key Words
Index of Ancient and Biblical Texts
Index of Authors
List of Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction: the Study of Children in the Bible: New Questions or a New Method?
?Kristine Henriksen Garroway and John W. Martens
part 1: Connections in the Field
2 Feminist Studies as the Mother of Childist Approaches to the Bible
?Kathleen Gallagher Elkins
3 Why Hebrew Bible Masculinity Studies and Childhood Studies Have Not Connected, and Why They Should
?Stephen M. Wilson
part 2: Archaeology and the Ancient Near East
4 Childist Archaeology: Children, Toys, and Skill Transmission in Ancient Israel
?Kristine Henriksen Garroway
5 Children Should Be Seen: Studying Children in Assyrian Iconography
?Jason Anthony Riley
6 Broadening Our Perspective of Ancient Children: Historical-Comparative Methods and the Value of Ancient Children
?Shawn W. Flynn
part 3: Hebrew Bible and New Testament
7 The Narrative Work of Biblical Children: Soundings from Genesis
?Danna Nolan Fewell
8 The Force of yhwh Awakens: Social Scientific Methodologies and Children Who Rise from the Dead
?Julie Faith Parker
9 Narrative Criticism and Childist Interpretation: a Study of Mark 7:24-30
?Sharon Betsworth
10 Perspectives from Disability Studies in the Pastoral Epistles
?Anna Rebecca Solevag
11 Children in Mark: a Deconstructive Approach
?A. James Murphy
12 Conclusions: the Childist Criticism of the Future
?Kristine Henriksen Garroway
Index of Key Words
Index of Ancient and Biblical Texts
Index of Authors