04942oam 22008294a 450 991082090470332120221007234943.01-57506-895-810.1515/9781575068954(CKB)3710000000248680(EBL)3155715(SSID)ssj0001351299(PQKBManifestationID)12615185(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001351299(PQKBWorkID)11301019(PQKB)10764197(Au-PeEL)EBL3155715(CaPaEBR)ebr10943998(OCoLC)891942304(DE-B1597)584339(DE-B1597)9781575068954(MdBmJHUP)musev2_78800(MiAaPQ)EBC3155715(OCoLC)1253312828(EXLCZ)99371000000024868020150129e20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChildren in the Ancient Near Eastern HouseholdWinona Lake, Indiana :Eisenbrauns,2014.©20141 online resource (395 p.)Explorations in Ancient Near Eastern CivilizationsDescription based upon print version of record.1-57506-295-X Includes bibliographical references and indexes.""Acknowledgments""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Foundations: Theory and Childhood""; ""Adoption""; ""Orphans""; ""Children as Debt-Slaves""; ""The Slave and Hired Child""; ""Children in Biblical Israel""; ""Child Sacrifice""; ""Child Burials: An Overview""; ""Child Burials in Canaan""; ""Conclusions""; ""Cuneiform Texts""; ""Archaeological Data for Burials in Canaan""; ""Catalog of Sites""; ""Glossary""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index of Authors""; ""Index of Scripture""Children were an important part of the ancient Near Eastern household. This idea seems straightforward, but it can be understood in many ways. On a basic level, children are necessary for the perpetuation of a household. On a deeper level, the definitions of child and member of the household are far from categorical. This book begins to explore the multiple definitions of child and the way the child fits within a household. It examines what membership in the household looks like for children and what factors contribute to it. A study addressing what a child is and how a child’s gender and social status affect her place in the household is vital to a proper understanding of the ancient Near Eastern household.Despite their importance, children have long been marginalized in discussions of ancient societies. Only recently has this trend begun to change within biblical and ancient Near Eastern scholarship. A recent wave of studies, especially in relation to the Hebrew Bible, has started to address children in their own right. In light of the current state of scholarship on children, the purpose of this book is threefold. First, Garroway continues to fill out the picture of the child in the ancient Near East by compiling child-centric texts and archaeological realia. In analyzing these materials, she surveys the relationship between children and ancient Near Eastern society by examining the extent to which structuring forces in a community, such as social status and gender, contribute to the process of a child’s becoming a member of his household and society. Finally, this information provides a base for future research, for example, a cross-cultural study of children in the ancient Near East in Classical Antiquity.Explorations in ancient Near Eastern civilizations.Social archaeologyfast(OCoLC)fst01122274Householdsfast(OCoLC)fst00962162Household archaeologyfast(OCoLC)fst01894058ChildrenSocial conditionsfast(OCoLC)fst00855145Childrenfast(OCoLC)fst00854835Household archaeologyMiddle EastSocial archaeologyMiddle EastHouseholdsMiddle EastHistoryTo 1500ChildrenMiddle EastSocial conditionsChildrenMiddle EastHistoryTo 1500Middle EastfastHistorySocial archaeologyHouseholdsHousehold archaeologyChildrenSocial conditionsChildrenHousehold archaeologySocial archaeologyHouseholdsHistoryChildrenSocial conditions.ChildrenHistory305.2309394Garroway Kristine Henriksen1663902MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910820904703321Children in the Ancient Near Eastern Household4021559UNINA