Children in the Bible and the Ancient World: Comparative and Historical Methods in Reading Ancient Children - Paperback

by Shawn W. Flynn (Editor)

Children in the Bible and the Ancient World is a helpful introduction to any who study children and childhood in the ancient world.

Author Biography

Shawn W. Flynn received a PhD in 2012 from the University of Toronto, Canada, in Ancient Near Eastern Studies. His first book was YHWH is King, published in Vetus Testamentum Supplements (2014); he also authored Children in Ancient Israel: The Hebrew Bible and Mesopotamia in Comparative Perspective (2018). In addition, A Story of YHWH: Cultural Translation and Subversive Reception in Israelite History is forthcoming(Routledge, 2019). He is currently an Associate Professor of the Hebrew Bible at St Joseph's College, University of Alberta, Canada, and the Academic Dean of the College.