Families in Ancient Israel

Four respected scholars of the Hebrew Bible and early Judaism provide a clear portrait of the family in ancient Israel. Important theological and ethical implications are made for the family today.

The Family, Culture, and Religion series offers informed and responsible analyses of the state of the American family from a religious perspective and provides practical assistance for the family's revitalization.

The Family, Religion and Culture series offers informed and >> responsible analyses of the state of the American family from a religious >> perspective and provides practical assistance for the family's >> revitalization.

Theology Today (April 1998) - Eric Mount

"Families in Ancient Israel, by Perdue, Blenkinsopp, >> Collins, >> and Meyers develops an impressive social history based on thorough >> archaeological and anthropological spadework . . . Perdue appropriately >> cautions against modern impositions of uniformity on diverse materials and >> also >> against making the Bible's depictions of families into a handbook of >> stipulations for today's families." >> Eric Mount, Jr. >>

Leo G. Perdue is professor of Hebrew Bible and Dean, Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas. Joseph Blenkinsopp is John A. O'Brien Professor of Old Testament at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. John J. Collins is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Hellenistic Judaism at the University of Chicago Divinity School, Chicago, Ilinois. Carol Meyers is a Professor of Biblical Studies and Archaeology at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.