Orphans in Mediterranean antiquity and early Christianity
This article provides an overview of the problem of orphans in the ancient Mediterranean world and identifies ways in which various societies acknowledged orphans’ plight and sought to address it. Part 1 gives the ancient definition of “orphan” as a “fatherless child” and statistical estimates for...
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Main Author: | J. T. Fitzgerald |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of the Free State
2016-06-01
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Series: | Acta Theologica |
Online Access: | https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/2768 |
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