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The house of the mother : the social roles of maternal kin in Biblical Hebrew narrative and poetry

Title
The house of the mother : the social roles of maternal kin in Biblical Hebrew narrative and poetry / Cynthia R. Chapman.
Author
Chapman, Cynthia R., 1964-
Publication
  • New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016].
  • ©2016.

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Description
xv, 336 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
Upending traditional scholarship on patrilineal genealogy, Cynthia Chapman draws on twenty years of research to uncover an underappreciated yet socially significant kinship unit in the Bible: "the house of the mother." In households where a man had two or more wives, siblings born to the same mother worked to promote and protect one another's interests. Revealing the hierarchies of the maternal houses and political divisions within the national house of Israel, this book provides us with a nuanced understanding of domestic and political life in ancient Israel.
Series Statement
Anchor Yale Bible reference library
Uniform Title
Anchor Yale Bible reference library.
Subject
  • Bible. > Criticism, Narrative
  • Mothers in the Bible
  • Matriarchs (Bible)
  • Women in the Bible
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
JFE 16-13095
ISBN
  • 9780300197945
  • 0300197942
OCLC
945946547
Author
Chapman, Cynthia R., 1964- author.
Title
The house of the mother : the social roles of maternal kin in Biblical Hebrew narrative and poetry / Cynthia R. Chapman.
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016].
Copyright Date
©2016.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Anchor Yale Bible reference library
Anchor Yale Bible reference library.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 16-13095
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