Accounts Of Child Sacrifice In German Bibles For Children, 1600-1900

TY - JOUR

T1 - Accounts Of Child Sacrifice In German Bibles For Children, 1600-1900

AU - Linton, Anna

PY - 2010/4/1

Y1 - 2010/4/1

N2 - From the Reformation onwards clergymen and teachers were aware of the need to provide edited Bibles for children. The authors, who sought to acquaint readers with selected narrative sections of the Old Testament, the Gospels, and the Acts of the Apostles, often discuss in their introductions how to tailor this material for young minds, in terms of both style and content. This article considers how German authors from 1600 to 1900 approached the often violent or transgressive episodes of the Old Testament, with particular reference to two disturbing accounts of child sacrifice: Abraham's trial (Genesis 22) and Jephthah's rash vow and subsequent sacrifice of his daughter (Judges 11).

AB - From the Reformation onwards clergymen and teachers were aware of the need to provide edited Bibles for children. The authors, who sought to acquaint readers with selected narrative sections of the Old Testament, the Gospels, and the Acts of the Apostles, often discuss in their introductions how to tailor this material for young minds, in terms of both style and content. This article considers how German authors from 1600 to 1900 approached the often violent or transgressive episodes of the Old Testament, with particular reference to two disturbing accounts of child sacrifice: Abraham's trial (Genesis 22) and Jephthah's rash vow and subsequent sacrifice of his daughter (Judges 11).

M3 - Article

VL - 105

SP - 455

EP - 478

JO - Modern Language Review

JF - Modern Language Review

IS - 2

M1 - N/A

ER -