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The Comfort of Kin: Samaritan Community, Kinship, and Marriage - Couverture rigide

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Schreiber, Monika

 
9789004274242: The Comfort of Kin: Samaritan Community, Kinship, and Marriage
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ISBN 10 : 9004274243 ISBN 13 : 9789004274242
Editeur : Brill, 2014

Synopsis

In The Comfort of Kin Monika Schreiber presents a study of the social and religious life of the Samaritans, a minority in modern Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Utilizing approaches ranging from anthropological theory and method to comparative history and religion, she approaches this community from diverse empirical and epistemic angles. Her account of the Samaritans, usually studied for their Bible and their role in ancient history, is enriched by a thorough treatment of the Samaritan family, a powerful institution rooted in notions of patrilineal descent and perpetuated in part by consanguineous marriage (which differs from incest in degree rather than in kind). Schreiber also discusses how the tiny community is affected by its demographic predicament, intermarriage, and identity issues.

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À propos de l'auteur

Monika Schreiber, Ph.D. (2009), University of Vienna, is librarian at the Jewish Studies Library at that university. She has done extensive anthropological research among the Samaritan community.

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Éditeur
Brill
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9004274243
ISBN 13 
9789004274242
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
432
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