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Jewish childhood in the Roman world / Hagith Sivan, University of Kansas

By:

Sivan, Hagith

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018Description: xxxiv, 443 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

97811070901701107090172

Subject(s):

Jewish Children--Rome--History--To 510 B.C.Jewish Children--Rome--Social conditions--History--To 510 B.C.Rome--History--To 510 B.C

LOC classification:

DG91 .S58 2018

Contents:

Part I. Theories: 1. Theorizing the Jewish child; 2. Vagaries of childhood: from cradles to graves; 3. Bringing up boys; 4. Daughters: delight or dissension?; 5. Burdened at birth: the misbegotten and the malformed; Part II. Children in the Synagogue: 6. Visualizing the bible; 7. The painted children of the Dura Europos Synagogue; Part III. Autobiographies: 8. Sukkot in a cave (CE 135); 9. Passover in the port of Rome (Ostia c. CE 175); 10. Sabbath in Tiberias (c. 300); 11. The birth of a wandering Jewess (c. CE 415-435); Conclusion: the invention of Rabbinic childhood.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
English Books	GETS Theological Seminary Library	GETS Theological Seminary Library	DG91 .S58 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00027584

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