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1 Dogs beneath the Tables of Men: Violence and Personhood in Ancient Israel and Comparative Contexts
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Introduction Introduction
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Scholarship on Children in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel Scholarship on Children in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel
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Evidence for the Value of Children Evidence for the Value of Children
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Child Sacrifice and the Personhood of Children Child Sacrifice and the Personhood of Children
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The Consumption of Children in Times of Crisis The Consumption of Children in Times of Crisis
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The Selling of Children into Slavery by Parents The Selling of Children into Slavery by Parents
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Children and the Collective Punishment of Households in Biblical Texts Children and the Collective Punishment of Households in Biblical Texts
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Were Israelite Children Considered Persons? Were Israelite Children Considered Persons?
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Excursus III: Mortuary Evidence Involving Children Excursus III: Mortuary Evidence Involving Children
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5 Visiting the Iniquity of the Father on the Son: Violence and the Personhood of Children in Ancient Israel
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Published:October 2017
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Abstract
This chapter assesses whether infants and children were considered persons in ancient Israel. The chapter demonstrates that biblical evidence for the personhood of children is sometimes contradictory. While many texts show that the securing of progeny was highly valued and that children were cared and mourned for, other texts lead one to question whether children were seen as persons at all. First, the evidence that some Israelites sacrificed infants raises questions about the personhood of children, as do texts that speak of fathers having the ability to sell their children and of children being punished for the sins of their fathers. On the whole, while the evidence for the personhood of children is mixed, there are good reasons to argue that, of the major social groups in ancient Israel, children were seen as having the least claim to personhood.
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