Title
The Study of Children in the Bible: Simply New Questions or a New Method?
Department/School
Theology
Date
2020
Document Type
Book Chapter
Keywords
Biblical children
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004423404_002
Abstract
The Introduction traces the origin of child-centered research in Judaic and biblical studies, especially its rapid growth in the past twenty years, with personal anecdotes which suggest its organic development arising from unanswered scholarly questions. In addition, the definition and structure of Childist Criticism in Jewish and biblical studies is explored, both on its own and in how it relates to other fields of higher criticism, such as feminist studies, masculinity studies, narrative criticism, deconstructive criticism, and archaeology.
Published in
Children and Methods: Listening to and Learning From Children in the Biblical World
Citation/Other Information
Martens, John, with Kristine Henriksen Garroway, “The Study of Children in the Bible: Simply New Questions or a New Method?” in Children and Methods: Listening to and Learning From Children in the Biblical World, John W. Martens and Kristine Henriksen Garroway, eds. (Boston: Brill, 2020) 1-16.