Download or read book In Samuel's Image written by Mayke De Jong and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1996 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is about the multitude of early medieval children donated 'to God in the monastery'. It puts child oblation in the context of contemporary gift-giving practices, providing in-depth treatment of the oblation ritual and its social setting.