Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son: The Death of Children in Late Antiquity Volume 8

by Maria Doerfler

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520304152
• ISBN13: 9780520304154
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.7" x 8.3"