Give Me Children or I Shall Die

Children and Communal Survival in Biblical Literature

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Bible & Bible Studies, Old Testament, Criticism & Interpretation, Study
Cover of the book Give Me Children or I Shall Die by Laurel W. Koefp-Taylor, Fortress Press
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Author: Laurel W. Koefp-Taylor ISBN: 9781451469790
Publisher: Fortress Press Publication: November 1, 2013
Imprint: Fortress Press Language: English
Author: Laurel W. Koefp-Taylor
ISBN: 9781451469790
Publisher: Fortress Press
Publication: November 1, 2013
Imprint: Fortress Press
Language: English

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 that this interdependent family life contrasts significantly with that of privileged modern Westerners, for whom children are dependents. This text seeks to look beyond the dominant cultural constructions of childhood in the modern West and the moral rhetoric that accompanies them so as to uncover what biblical texts intend to communicate when they utilize children as literary tropes in their own social, cultural, and historical context.

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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 that this interdependent family life contrasts significantly with that of privileged modern Westerners, for whom children are dependents. This text seeks to look beyond the dominant cultural constructions of childhood in the modern West and the moral rhetoric that accompanies them so as to uncover what biblical texts intend to communicate when they utilize children as literary tropes in their own social, cultural, and historical context.

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