The Family in Life and in Death: The Family in Ancient Israel: Sociological and Archaeological Perspectives PDF
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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 This page intentionally left blank 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 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher, T & T Clark International. T & T Clark International, 80 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038 T & T Clark International, The Tower Building, 11 York Road, London SE1 7NX T & T Clark International is a Continuum imprint. Visit the T & T Clark blog at www.tandtclarkblog.com A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN-13: 978-0567027573 ISBN-10: 0567027570 06 07 08 09 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 C 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 vi The Family in Life and in Death 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 1 viii The Family in Life and in Death 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 1 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. 1
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