Four respected scholars of the Hebrew Bible and early Judaism provide a clear portrait of the family in ancient Israel. Important theological and ethical implic

During the past several decades, family and household religion has become a topic of Old Testament scholarship in its own right, fed by what were initially thre

This richly illustrated, non-technical reconstruction of "folk religion" in ancient Israel is based largely on recent archaeological evidence, but also incorpor

Ken M. Campbell presents the work of six scholars who map varying understandings of marriage and family in six cultural settings: Victor H. Matthews on the anci

"In this book William Dever addresses the question that must guide every good historian of ancient Israel: What was life really like in those days? Writing as a