: Toward a Synthesis of Old Testament Studies, archaeology, epigraphy, and cultural studies
First Statement of Responsibility
\ edited by Rainer Albertz, Beth Alpert Nakhai, Saul M. Olyan, and Rüdiger Schmitt.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Winona Lake, Indiana
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Eisenbrauns
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2014.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
vii, 324 p.
Other Physical Details
:ill.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"This is the most recent collective contribution of a group of biblical scholars and archaeologists who are engaged in an ongoing debate about the nature of family and household religion in ancient Israel and its environment. It is intended to complement the volume Household and Family Religion in Antiquity, edited by John Bodel and Saul M. Olyan (Bodel and Olyan 2008), which grew out of a conference held at Brown University in 2005 on household and family religion in the ancient Mediterranean world, with an emphasis on cross-cultural comparison. After the conference at Brown, there was a session held at the meeting of the European Association of Biblical Studies in Budapest in 2006 in which the focus was narrowed to the gender dimensions of Israelite family/household religion. Two more sessions focusing on the Israelite house as a locus of family religion took place at the European Association of Biblical Studies meeting in Vienna in 2007. A fourth meeting at Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster in April 2009 emphasized theoretical and methodological challenges facing scholars of household and family religion (e.g., the conceptualization of family/household religion, the problem of identifying pertinent artifacts, and the difficulties inherent in using texts together with material evidence). This volume is a direct outgrowth of the Muenster meeting"--
TITLE USED AS SUBJECT
Bible., Old Testament-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Families-- Religious aspects-- Judaism-- To 70 A.D., Congresses.
Jewish families-- Conduct of life-- History-- To 70 A.D., Congresses.
Families-- Palestine-- History, Congresses.
Families-- Religious life, Congresses.
Families-- Biblical teaching, Congresses.
Sociology, Biblical, Congresses.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Palestine, Social life and customs, To 70 A.D., Congresses.