The Family in Life and in Death: The Family in Ancient Israel: Sociological and Archaeological Perspectives

152 Pages·2009·3.44 MB·English

by  Patricia Dutcher-Walls

LIBRARY OF HEBREW BIBLE/
OLD TESTAMENT STUDIES
504
Formerly Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series
Editors
Claudia V. Camp, Texas Christian University
Andrew Mein, Westcott House, Cambridge
Founding Editors
David J. A. Clines, Philip R. Davies and David M. Gunn
Editorial Board
Richard J. Coggins, Alan Cooper, John Goldingay, Robert P. Gordon,
Norman K. Gottwald, Gina Hens-Piazza, John Jarick, Andrew D. H. Mayes,
Carol Meyers, Patrick D. Miller, Yvonne Sherwood
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THE FAMILY IN LIFE AND IN DEATH:
THE FAMILY IN ANCIENT ISRAEL
Sociological and Archaeological Perspectives
edited by
Patricia Dutcher-Walls
Copyright © 2009 by Patricia Dutcher-Walls
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ISBN-13: 978-0567027573
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ONTENTS
Abbreviations vii
Contributors ix
Preface xi
THE CLARITY OF DOUBLE VISION:
SEEING THE FAMILY IN SOCIOLOGICAL
ANDARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
Patricia Dutcher-Walls 1
THE DETERMINATION OF SOCIAL IDENTITY
IN THE STORY OF RUTH
Victor H. Matthews 16
LYING AND DECEIT IN FAMILIES:
THE DUPING OF ISAAC AND TAMAR
Heather A. McKay 28
AVERAGE FAMILIES?HOUSE SIZE VARIABILITY
IN THE SOUTHERN LEVANTINE IRONAGE
Bruce Routledge 42
“HOME ECONOMICS 1407”
AND THE ISRAELITE FAMILY AND THEIR NEIGHBORS:
ANANTHROPOLOGICAL/ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION
John S. Holladay, Jr. 61
EXODUS 12 IN LIGHT OF ANCESTRAL CULT PRACTICES
Naomi Steinberg 89
DEATH,KINSHIP, AND COMMUNITY:
AFTERLIFE AND THE dsxIDEAL IN ISRAEL
Stephen L. Cook 106
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FROM WOMB TO TOMB:
THE ISRAELITE FAMILY IN DEATH AS IN LIFE
E. Bloch-Smith 122
Index of Biblical References 132
Index of Authors 135
ABBREVIATIONS
AASOR Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research
AB Anchor Bible
ABD Anchor Bible Dictionary. Edited by D. N. Freedman. 6 vols. New
York, 1992
ADAJ Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan
AJA American Journal of Archaeology
AOAT Alter Orient und Altes Testament
BA Biblical Archaeologist
BAR Biblical Archaeology Review
BASOR Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research
BN Biblische Notizen
BTB Biblical Theology Bulletin
BZAW Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly
HSM Harvard Semitic Monographs
HUCA Hebrew Union College Annual
IEJ Israel Exploration Journal
JBL Journal of Biblical Literature
JQR Jewish Quarterly Review
JSOTSup Journal for the Study of the Old Testament: Supplement Series
KAI Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften. H. Donner and W. Röllig.
2d ed. Wiesbaden, 1966–69
KTU Die keilalphabetischen Texte aus Ugarit. Edited by M. Dietrich,
O. Loretz, and J. Sanmartín. AOAT 24/1. Neukirchen–Vluyn, 1976.
2d enlarged ed. of KTU: The Cuneiform Alphabetic Texts from
Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani, and Other Places. Edited by M.Dietrich,
O. Loretz, and J. Sanmartín. Münster, 1995
NAB New American Bible
NEA Near Eastern Archaeology
NRSV New Revised Standard Version
OBT Overtures to Biblical Theology
OTL Old Testament Library
PEQ Palestine Exploration Quarterly
RHR Revue de l’histoire des religions
SBLABS Society of Biblical Literature Archaeology and Biblical Studies
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SBLSP Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers
SWBA Social World of Biblical Antiquity
VT Vetus Testamentum
ZAW Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
ZDPV Zeitschrift des deutschen Palästina-Vereins
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CONTRIBUTORS
Elizabeth Bloch-Smith is Adjunct Professor at St. Joseph’s University in
Philadelphia, Penn., USA.
Stephen L. Cook is the Catherine N. McBurney Professor of Old Testa-
ment Language and Literature at Virginia Theological Seminary in
Alexandria, Va., USA.
Patricia Dutcher-Walls is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Dean of
Students at Vancouver School of Theology in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
John Scott Holladay, Jr., is Professor Emeritus in Near and Middle
Civilization, at the University of Toronto in Toronto, ON, Canada.
Victor H. Matthews is Professor of Religious Studies and Associate Dean
of the College of Humanities and Public Affairs at Missouri State
University in Springfield, Mont., USA.
Heather A. McKay was until recently Professor in Education at Edge Hill
University in Lancashire, England.
Bruce Routledge is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology in the School of
Archaeology Classics and Egyptology at the University of Liverpool in
Liverpool, England.
Naomi Steinberg is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at DePaul
University in Chicago, Ills., USA.
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