The World of the Child in the Hebrew Bible
Steinberg, Naomi![The World of the Child in the Hebrew Bible](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/143/14379343/CHSBZCOP0314379343.jpg)
The question 'What is a child?' is not easily answered. To make us aware of the multiplefactors that contribute to the social construction of childhood in the Hebrew Bible, Naomi Steinberg draws on ethno-historical evidence and incorporates the insightsof contemporary social studies of childhood. Through close readings of Genesis 21, 1 Samuel 1 and Exodus 21.22-25, she argues that chronological age and biologicalimmaturity do not determine the...