Four respected scholars of the Hebrew Bible and early Judaism provide a clear portrait of the family in ancient Israel. Important theological and ethical implic

During the past several decades, family and household religion has become a topic of Old Testament scholarship in its own right, fed by what were initially thre

The first expansive reference examining the texts and material culture related to children in ancient Israel Growing Up in Ancient Israel uses a child-centered

Flynn contributes to the emerging field of childhood studies in the Hebrew Bible by isolating stages of a child's life, and through a comparative perspective, s

What was the family like for the first Christians? Informed by archaeological work and illustrated by figures, this work is a remarkable window into the past, o