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- Title
Perspectives on Aging and the Elderly in the Hebrew Bible.
- Authors
Knight, Douglas A.
- Abstract
The texts in the Hebrew Bible dealing with old age and the elderly should be understood in light of multiple contexts—the socioeconomic settings of real life in ancient Israel; the material indications that life expectancy must have hovered around age 40, which was probably considered elderly and suffering the ailments of old age; and the literature from surrounding cultures that depicts the afflictions of old age.
- Subjects
AGING -- Religious aspects; OLD Testament; SOCIOECONOMICS; OLD age in literature; LIFE expectancy; ISRAELI history
- Publication
Interpretation: A Journal of Bible & Theology, 2014, Vol 68, Issue 2, p136
- ISSN
0020-9643
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.1177/0020964313518179