Growing Up in Ancient Israel

<p>Growing Up in Ancient Israel uses a child-centered methodology to investigate the world of children in ancient Israel. Where sources from ancient Israel are lacking the book turns to cross-cultural materials from the ancient Near East as well as archaeological anthropological and ethnographic sources. Acknowledging that childhood is both biologically determined and culturally constructed the book explores conception birth infancy dangers in childhood the growing child dress play and death. To bridge the gap between the ancient world and today’s world Kristine Henriksen Garroway introduces examples from contemporary society to illustrate how the Hebrew Bible compares with a Western understanding of children and childhood.</p>