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  1. Jephthah's daughter, Sarah's son
    the death of children in late antiquity
    Author: Doerfler, Maria E.
    Published: [2019]; ©2019
    Publisher:  University of California Press, Oakland, California

    "Late antiquity was a perilous time for children, who were often the first victims of economic crisis, war, and disease. They had a one in three chance of dying before their first birthday, with as many as half dying before age ten. Christian writers... more

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    "Late antiquity was a perilous time for children, who were often the first victims of economic crisis, war, and disease. They had a one in three chance of dying before their first birthday, with as many as half dying before age ten. Christian writers accordingly sought to speak to the experience of bereavement and to provide cultural scripts for parents who had lost a child. These late ancient writers turned to characters like Eve and Sarah, Job and Jephthah as models for grieving, for confronting or submitting to the divine. Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son traces the stories these writers crafted and the ways in which they shaped the lived experience of familial bereavement in ancient Christianity. A compelling social history that conveys the emotional lives of people in the late ancient world, Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son is a powerful portrait of mourning that extends beyond antiquity, even to the present day"--Provided by publisher

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
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    ISBN: 9780520304154; 0520304152
    RVK Categories: BO 2280 ; NH 9450
    Series: Christianity in late antiquity ; 8
    Subjects: Kindersterblichkeit; Trostliteratur; Christliche Literatur; Biblische Person <Motiv>; Spätantike
    Scope: xiii, 396 Seiten, 13.97 x 3.81 x 20.96 cm
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    Literaturverzeichnis Seite 325-372

    (Premature) Death as a good : an introduction -- Children's deaths in late antiquity in ritual and historical perspective -- East of Eden : the first bereaved parents -- Mourning Sarah's son : Genesis 22 and the death of children -- Echoes of the Akedah : Jephthah's daughter and the Maccabeans' mother -- Death, demons, and disaster : Job's children -- Children and the sword : the holy innocents and the death of children -- Conclusion : children in the quicksand
  2. Biblische Frauenfiguren in der Spätantike
    Author: Dayton, John; Dayton, Hellen; Demura, Miyako; Doerfler, Maria E.; Felber, Anneliese; Greschat, Katharina; Hunt, Hannah; Kurek-Chomycz, Dominika; Pillinger, Renate; Rotondo, Arianna; Simonelli, Cristina; Synek, Eva; Vinzent, Markus; Martinez Maza, Clelia
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart

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    Contributor: Siquans, Agnethe (Herausgeber); Vinzent, Markus (Herausgeber); Fischer, Irmtraud (Herausgeber); de Groot, Christiana (Herausgeber); Navarro Puerto, Mercedes (Herausgeber); Valerio, Adriana (Herausgeber)
    Language: German
    Media type: Ebook
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    ISBN: 9783170374454
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    Edition: 1. Auflage
    Subjects: Biblische Person; Frau; Rezeption; Frühchristentum; Literatur; Spätantike
    Other subjects: (Produktform)Electronic book text; (BISAC Subject Heading)REL006090; Altes Testament; Exegese; Kirchenväter; Patristik; Sozialgeschichte; (VLB-WN)9540; (Zielgruppe)TheologInnen, HistorikerInnen, ReligionspädagogInnen, Feministinnen, Interessierte.
    Scope: Online-Ressource, 376 Seiten
  3. Jephthah's daughter, Sarah's son
    the death of children in late antiquity
    Author: Doerfler, Maria E.
    Published: [2019]; © 2019
    Publisher:  University of California Press, Oakland, California

    "Late antiquity was a perilous time for children, who were often the first victims of economic crisis, war, and disease. They had a one in three chance of dying before their first birthday, with as many as half dying before age ten. Christian writers... more

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    "Late antiquity was a perilous time for children, who were often the first victims of economic crisis, war, and disease. They had a one in three chance of dying before their first birthday, with as many as half dying before age ten. Christian writers accordingly sought to speak to the experience of bereavement and to provide cultural scripts for parents who had lost a child. These late ancient writers turned to characters like Eve and Sarah, Job and Jephthah as models for grieving, for confronting or submitting to the divine. Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son traces the stories these writers crafted and the ways in which they shaped the lived experience of familial bereavement in ancient Christianity. A compelling social history that conveys the emotional lives of people in the late ancient world, Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son is a powerful portrait of mourning that extends beyond antiquity, even to the present day"--Provided by publisher

     
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    ISBN: 9780520304154
    Series: Christianity in late antiquity ; 8
    Subjects: Biblische Person <Motiv>; Kindersterblichkeit; Christliche Literatur; Spätantike; Trostliteratur
    Other subjects: Bible / Old Testament / Criticism, interpretation, etc / History / Early church, ca. 30-600; Children / Death / Religious aspects / Christianity / History / Early church, ca. 30-600; Parental grief / Religious aspects / Christianity / History / Early church, ca. 30-600; Bible / Old Testament; 30-600; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History
    Scope: xiii, 396 Seiten
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    (Premature) Death as a good : an introduction -- Children's deaths in late antiquity in ritual and historical perspective -- East of Eden : the first bereaved parents -- Mourning Sarah's son : Genesis 22 and the death of children -- Echoes of the Akedah : Jephthah's daughter and the Maccabeans' mother -- Death, demons, and disaster : Job's children -- Children and the sword : the holy innocents and the death of children -- Conclusion : children in the quicksand
  4. Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son
    The Death of Children in Late Antiquity
    Author: Doerfler, Maria E.
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  University of California Press, Berkeley ; ProQuest, Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Late antiquity was a perilous time for children, who were often the first victims of economic crisis, war, and disease. They had a one in three chance of dying before their first birthday, with as many as half dying before age ten. Christian writers... more

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    Late antiquity was a perilous time for children, who were often the first victims of economic crisis, war, and disease. They had a one in three chance of dying before their first birthday, with as many as half dying before age ten. Christian writers accordingly sought to speak to the experience of bereavement and to provide cultural scripts for parents who had lost a child. These late ancient writers turned to characters like Eve and Sarah, Job and Jephthah as models for grieving and for confronting or submitting to the divine.   Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son traces the stories these writers crafted and the ways in which they shaped the lived experience of familial bereavement in ancient Christianity. A compelling social history that conveys the emotional lives of people in the late ancient world, Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son is a powerful portrait of mourning that extends beyond antiquity to the present day..

     
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    Language: English
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    ISBN: 9780520972964
    RVK Categories: BO 2280 ; NH 9450
    Series: Christianity in Late Antiquity Ser. ; v.8
    Subjects: Kindersterblichkeit; Trostliteratur; Christliche Literatur; Biblische Person <Motiv>; Spätantike
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (414 pages)
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  5. Jephthah's daughter, Sarah's son
    the death of children in late antiquity
    Author: Doerfler, Maria E.
    Published: [2019]; © 2019
    Publisher:  University of California Press, Oakland, California

    "Late antiquity was a perilous time for children, who were often the first victims of economic crisis, war, and disease. They had a one in three chance of dying before their first birthday, with as many as half dying before age ten. Christian writers... more

     

    "Late antiquity was a perilous time for children, who were often the first victims of economic crisis, war, and disease. They had a one in three chance of dying before their first birthday, with as many as half dying before age ten. Christian writers accordingly sought to speak to the experience of bereavement and to provide cultural scripts for parents who had lost a child. These late ancient writers turned to characters like Eve and Sarah, Job and Jephthah as models for grieving, for confronting or submitting to the divine. Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son traces the stories these writers crafted and the ways in which they shaped the lived experience of familial bereavement in ancient Christianity. A compelling social history that conveys the emotional lives of people in the late ancient world, Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son is a powerful portrait of mourning that extends beyond antiquity, even to the present day"--Provided by publisher

     
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    ISBN: 9780520304154
    Series: Christianity in late antiquity
    Subjects: Children; Parental grief
    Scope: xiii, 396 Seiten
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    Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 325-372

    (Premature) Death as a good : an introduction -- Children's deaths in late antiquity in ritual and historical perspective -- East of Eden : the first bereaved parents -- Mourning Sarah's son : Genesis 22 and the death of children -- Echoes of the Akedah : Jephthah's daughter and the Maccabeans' mother -- Death, demons, and disaster : Job's children -- Children and the sword : the holy innocents and the death of children -- Conclusion : children in the quicksand
  6. "Hair!"
    remnants of ascetic exegesis in Augustine of Hippo's De opere monachorum
    Author: Doerfler, Maria E.
    Published: 2014

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    Language: English
    Media type: Article (journal)
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    Parent title: In: Journal of early Christian studies; Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1993; 22(2014), 1, Seite 79-111

    Subjects: Mönchtum; Jungfräulichkeit; Haar; Schleier; Sexualität; Askese; Geschlechterrolle; Frau; Mann
    Other subjects: Augustinus, Aurelius Heiliger (354-430); Tertullianus, Quintus Septimius Florens (150-230)
  7. Jephthah's daughter, Sarah's son
    the death of children in late antiquity
    Author: Doerfler, Maria E.
    Published: [2019]; ©2019
    Publisher:  University of California Press, Oakland, California

    (Premature) Death as a good : an introduction -- Children's deaths in late antiquity in ritual and historical perspective -- East of Eden : the first bereaved parents -- Mourning Sarah's son : Genesis 22 and the death of children -- Echoes of the... more

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    (Premature) Death as a good : an introduction -- Children's deaths in late antiquity in ritual and historical perspective -- East of Eden : the first bereaved parents -- Mourning Sarah's son : Genesis 22 and the death of children -- Echoes of the Akedah : Jephthah's daughter and the Maccabeans' mother -- Death, demons, and disaster : Job's children -- Children and the sword : the holy innocents and the death of children -- Conclusion : children in the quicksand. "Late antiquity was a perilous time for children, who were often the first victims of economic crisis, war, and disease. They had a one in three chance of dying before their first birthday, with as many as half dying before age ten. Christian writers accordingly sought to speak to the experience of bereavement and to provide cultural scripts for parents who had lost a child. These late ancient writers turned to characters like Eve and Sarah, Job and Jephthah as models for grieving, for confronting or submitting to the divine. Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son traces the stories these writers crafted and the ways in which they shaped the lived experience of familial bereavement in ancient Christianity. A compelling social history that conveys the emotional lives of people in the late ancient world, Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son is a powerful portrait of mourning that extends beyond antiquity, even to the present day"--Provided by publisher

     
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
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    ISBN: 9780520304154
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    9780520304154
    Series: Christianity in Late Antiquity ; 8
    Subjects: Children; Parental grief
    Scope: xiii, 396 Seiten
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    Includes bibliographical references and index
  8. Jephthah's daughter, Sarah's son
    the death of children in late antiquity
    Author: Doerfler, Maria E.
    Published: [2019]; © 2019
    Publisher:  University of California Press, Oakland, California

    "Late antiquity was a perilous time for children, who were often the first victims of economic crisis, war, and disease. They had a one in three chance of dying before their first birthday, with as many as half dying before age ten. Christian writers... more

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    "Late antiquity was a perilous time for children, who were often the first victims of economic crisis, war, and disease. They had a one in three chance of dying before their first birthday, with as many as half dying before age ten. Christian writers accordingly sought to speak to the experience of bereavement and to provide cultural scripts for parents who had lost a child. These late ancient writers turned to characters like Eve and Sarah, Job and Jephthah as models for grieving, for confronting or submitting to the divine. Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son traces the stories these writers crafted and the ways in which they shaped the lived experience of familial bereavement in ancient Christianity. A compelling social history that conveys the emotional lives of people in the late ancient world, Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son is a powerful portrait of mourning that extends beyond antiquity, even to the present day"--Provided by publisher

     
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    ISBN: 9780520304154
    Series: Christianity in late antiquity ; 8
    Subjects: Kindersterblichkeit; Spätantike; Biblische Person <Motiv>; Christliche Literatur; Trostliteratur
    Scope: xiii, 396 Seiten
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index

    (Premature) Death as a good : an introduction -- Children's deaths in late antiquity in ritual and historical perspective -- East of Eden : the first bereaved parents -- Mourning Sarah's son : Genesis 22 and the death of children -- Echoes of the Akedah : Jephthah's daughter and the Maccabeans' mother -- Death, demons, and disaster : Job's children -- Children and the sword : the holy innocents and the death of children -- Conclusion : children in the quicksand
  9. Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son
    The Death of Children in Late Antiquity
    Author: Doerfler, Maria E.
    Published: 2020; ©2020
    Publisher:  University of California Press, Berkeley, CA ; Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin

    Late antiquity was a perilous time for children, who were often the first victims of economic crisis, war, and disease. They had a one in three chance of dying before their first birthday, with as many as half dying before age ten. Christian writers... more

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    Late antiquity was a perilous time for children, who were often the first victims of economic crisis, war, and disease. They had a one in three chance of dying before their first birthday, with as many as half dying before age ten. Christian writers accordingly sought to speak to the experience of bereavement and to provide cultural scripts for parents who had lost a child. These late ancient writers turned to characters like Eve and Sarah, Job and Jephthah as models for grieving and for confronting or submitting to the divine. Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son traces the stories these writers crafted and the ways in which they shaped the lived experience of familial bereavement in ancient Christianity. A compelling social history that conveys the emotional lives of people in the late ancient world, Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son is a powerful portrait of mourning that extends beyond antiquity to the present day.

     
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    Series: Christianity in Late Antiquity ; 8
    Subjects: Kindersterblichkeit; Trostliteratur; Christliche Literatur; Biblische Person <Motiv>; Spätantike
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (416 p.)
  10. Jephthah's daughter, Sarah's son
    the death of children in late antiquity
    Author: Doerfler, Maria E.
    Published: [2019]; ©2019
    Publisher:  University of California Press, Oakland, California

    (Premature) Death as a good : an introduction -- Children's deaths in late antiquity in ritual and historical perspective -- East of Eden : the first bereaved parents -- Mourning Sarah's son : Genesis 22 and the death of children -- Echoes of the... more

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    (Premature) Death as a good : an introduction -- Children's deaths in late antiquity in ritual and historical perspective -- East of Eden : the first bereaved parents -- Mourning Sarah's son : Genesis 22 and the death of children -- Echoes of the Akedah : Jephthah's daughter and the Maccabeans' mother -- Death, demons, and disaster : Job's children -- Children and the sword : the holy innocents and the death of children -- Conclusion : children in the quicksand. "Late antiquity was a perilous time for children, who were often the first victims of economic crisis, war, and disease. They had a one in three chance of dying before their first birthday, with as many as half dying before age ten. Christian writers accordingly sought to speak to the experience of bereavement and to provide cultural scripts for parents who had lost a child. These late ancient writers turned to characters like Eve and Sarah, Job and Jephthah as models for grieving, for confronting or submitting to the divine. Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son traces the stories these writers crafted and the ways in which they shaped the lived experience of familial bereavement in ancient Christianity. A compelling social history that conveys the emotional lives of people in the late ancient world, Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son is a powerful portrait of mourning that extends beyond antiquity, even to the present day"--Provided by publisher

     
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    ISBN: 9780520304154
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    Series: Christianity in Late Antiquity ; 8
    Subjects: Children; Parental grief
    Scope: xiii, 396 Seiten
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    Includes bibliographical references and index
  11. Jephthah's daughter, Sarah's son
    the death of children in Late Antiquity
    Author: Doerfler, Maria E.
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  University of California Press, Berkeley ; ProQuest, Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Late antiquity was a perilous time for children, who were often the first victims of economic crisis, war, and disease. They had a one in three chance of dying before their first birthday, with as many as half dying before age ten. Christian writers... more

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    Late antiquity was a perilous time for children, who were often the first victims of economic crisis, war, and disease. They had a one in three chance of dying before their first birthday, with as many as half dying before age ten. Christian writers accordingly sought to speak to the experience of bereavement and to provide cultural scripts for parents who had lost a child. These late ancient writers turned to characters like Eve and Sarah, Job and Jephthah as models for grieving and for confronting or submitting to the divine.   Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son traces the stories these writers crafted and the ways in which they shaped the lived experience of familial bereavement in ancient Christianity. A compelling social history that conveys the emotional lives of people in the late ancient world, Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son is a powerful portrait of mourning that extends beyond antiquity to the present day..

     
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    ISBN: 9780520972964
    RVK Categories: BO 2280 ; NH 9450
    Series: Christianity in late antiquity ; Band 8
    Subjects: Trostliteratur; Christliche Literatur; Spätantike; Biblische Person <Motiv>; Kindersterblichkeit
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 396 Seiten)
  12. Jephthah's daughter, Sarah's son
    the death of children in late antiquity
    Author: Doerfler, Maria E.
    Published: [2019]; © 2019
    Publisher:  University of California Press, Oakland, California ; De Gruyter, [Berlin]

    "Late antiquity was a perilous time for children, who were often the first victims of economic crisis, war, and disease. They had a one in three chance of dying before their first birthday, with as many as half dying before age ten. Christian writers... more

     

    "Late antiquity was a perilous time for children, who were often the first victims of economic crisis, war, and disease. They had a one in three chance of dying before their first birthday, with as many as half dying before age ten. Christian writers accordingly sought to speak to the experience of bereavement and to provide cultural scripts for parents who had lost a child. These late ancient writers turned to characters like Eve and Sarah, Job and Jephthah as models for grieving, for confronting or submitting to the divine. Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son traces the stories these writers crafted and the ways in which they shaped the lived experience of familial bereavement in ancient Christianity. A compelling social history that conveys the emotional lives of people in the late ancient world, Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son is a powerful portrait of mourning that extends beyond antiquity, even to the present day"--Provided by publisher

     
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    Subjects: Children; Parental grief
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 396 Seiten)
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    Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 325-372

    (Premature) Death as a good : an introduction -- Children's deaths in late antiquity in ritual and historical perspective -- East of Eden : the first bereaved parents -- Mourning Sarah's son : Genesis 22 and the death of children -- Echoes of the Akedah : Jephthah's daughter and the Maccabeans' mother -- Death, demons, and disaster : Job's children -- Children and the sword : the holy innocents and the death of children -- Conclusion : children in the quicksand