Children in the Bible and the Ancient World

"""The volume shows that the study of ancient children has progressed over the last decades, which makes collective volumes like this possible. While further conceptual and methodological studies on ancient children in different periods and regions are still needed, the volume shows that, by applying already existing theories and approaches to their material, such as ""childist"" approaches referenced by several contributors, novel readings of often-discussed passages can be achieved. While the editor notes that ""historical contexts are essential to understanding children"" (p. x), most contributions demonstrate that in turn, by taking the presence of children in narratives as a point of departure, the historical context of the passages discussed can sometimes also be better understood. The contributions are thus relevant to Biblicists, Classicists and scholars of the Ancient Near East, as well as those interested in gender, education, and childhood studies in general."" - Bryn Mawr, Classical Review ""The book certainly succeeds in its goal to illustrate the variety of historical approaches to the study of children in biblical and extrabiblical literature (...) Children in the Bible and the Ancient World is an excellent anthology for introducing scholars to the various historical approaches to childhood studies in the field of biblical literature."" - David A. Schones, Austin College, Reading Religion"