The dying child : the death and personhood of children in Ancient Israel / Kristine Henriksen Garroway.
| Author/creator | Garroway, Kristine Henriksen author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2025. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | 1 online resource (unpaged) |
| Supplemental Content | Oxford Academic |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Death and personhood of children in Ancient Israel |
| Abstract | "The Dying Child: The Death and Personhood of Children in Ancient Israel is a social history of the death of infants and children in Iron Age Israel. The study concentrates on three aspects of death: a regional analysis of burials, the place of the child in the household of the afterlife, and the personhood of the child. The study is divided into two parts. Part One concentrates on the archaeological remains of child burials in various regions of ancient Israel including the Philistine Plain, Southern Phoenician Coast, the Galilee, Jezreel Valley, and Central Highlands. Part Two further teases out the larger themes found in the burials, focusing on memorials and commemoration, the materiality of tombs, and concepts of personhood, by comparing what is found in Judah to that of surrounding regions. The study not only adds to the understanding of children in ancient Israel, but to the understanding of death, dying, and the meaning of the Judahite cult of the dead en large. It addresses infants and children primarily from the mortuary record, and secondarily from the biblical record. In doing so it moves beyond the limitations of what the biblical record can say with regards to infants and children vis-à-vis the dying process, the cult of the dead, and personhood. Finally, in understanding the tomb as an extension of the household in the afterlife, the study beings to uncover the personhood of infants and children and their place in the Iron Age household of the living"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 28, 2025). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Garroway, Kristine Henriksen. Dying child New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025] 9780197566688 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024030417 |
| ISBN | 9780197566718 electronic book |
| ISBN | 0197566715 electronic book |
| ISBN | 9780197566701 electronic book |
| ISBN | 0197566707 electronic book |
| ISBN | 9780197566695 electronic book |
| ISBN | 0197566693 electronic book |
| ISBN | hardcover |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |