Laurel W Koefp Taylor: 1 book

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Give Me Children or I Shall Die

Children and Communal Survival in Biblical Literature

by Laurel W. Koefp-Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013

In the subsistence agricultural social context of the Hebrew Bible, children were necessary for communal survival. In such an economy, children’s labor contributes to the family’s livelihood from a young age, rather than simply preparing the child for future adult work. Ethnographic research shows...
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