A household economics perpective Steinberg, Naomi Primary Author mixed material bibliography Minneapolis Fortress Press 1 1993 monographic en English

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The relevance of literary and anthropological insights for interpreting the Bible is featured in this innovative study. Naomi Steinberg analyzes the diverse family stories of Genesis 12-50 in light of cross-cultural data on kinship and inheritance. She contends that the primary function of marriage arrangements in Genesis was not to form social and political alliances but to establish the Israelite line of descent "Steinberg's treatment of women's roles in the ancestral stories represents a breakthrough in her analysis a the family systems and economic motives that shape strategies of action. With firm, and unequalet, cons of the relevant cross-cultural data, she assesses the biblical accounts from the perspective of both nam and social actors, challenging historical reconstructions and literary analyses that impose modern we views of marriage and family on the ancient texts." 221.11060800627032 Transformatio Library Bandung Theological Seminary 221.1106 Ste k E09002687 Non Fiction 221.1106 Ste k-2 E07000666 Non Fiction 221.1106 Ste k Kingship.jpg 53129 2014-12-12 10:13:54 2025-02-04 17:41:21 machine generated