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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782242203321

Autore

Leeb Carolyn S

Titolo

Away from the Father's House [[electronic resource] ] : the social location of na'ar and na'arah in Ancient Israel / / Carolyn S. Leeb

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, : Sheffield Academic, c2000

ISBN

1-281-84161-7

9786611841614

0-567-33708-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 301

Disciplina

221.6

221.95

Soggetti

Naʻar (The Hebrew word)

Sociology, Biblical

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographic references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 METHODS; Chapter 3 SPECIFIC TEXTS IN THE HEBREW BIBLE: HOUSE BOYS AND FIELD HANDS; Chapter 4 FIGHTING MEN AND BATTLEFIELD ASSISTANTS; Chapter 5 DANGEROUS SITUATIONS; Chapter 6 WOMEN: UNPROTECTED AND VULNERABLE; Chapter 7 OTHER USES OF [Omited]; Chapter 8 RELATED WORDS IN OTHER LANGUAGES; Chapter 9 CONCLUSIONS; Appendix: Named [Omitted]; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Building on the biblical narrative and on social world analysis, Leeb argues that the terms NA'AR and NA'ARAH refer to persons displaced from the father's house (BET 'AB), usually as a result of debt slavery. Hence, rather than working his father's land, and becoming in turn the head of his own household, the NA'AR, as a domestic or military servant, helps build the household of another. Less frequently, the weakness or absence of the father leads to the same, or a similar, predicament. Any woman venturing from her own household is also likely to acquire the status of a NA'ARAH. This is a nove