In this volume nineteen biblical scholars collaborate to provide an informed and focused treatment of biblical perspectives on children and childhood. Looking at the Bible through the -lens- of the child exposes new aspects of biblical texts and themes. Some of the authors focus on selected biblical texts -- Genesis, Proverbs, Mark, and more -- while others examine such biblical themes as training and disciplining, children and the image of God, the metaphor of Israel as a child, and so on. In discussing a vast array of themes and questions, the chapters also invite readers to reconsider the roles that children can or should play in religious communities today.

Contributors:

Reidar Aasgaard

David L. Bartlett

William P. Brown

Walter Brueggemann

Marcia J. Bunge

John T. Carroll

Terence E. Fretheim

Beverly Roberts Gaventa

Joel B. Green

Judith M. Gundry

Jacqueline E. Lapsley

Margaret Y. MacDonald

Claire R. Mathews McGinnis

Esther M. Menn

Patrick D. Miller

Brent A. Strawn

Marianne Meye Thompson

W. Sibley Towner

Keith J. White