Festive meals in ancient Israel
Deuteronomy's identity in their ancient Near Eastern context
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Word Count
74,750 words, Guess
Page Count
299 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL24808904M
- ISBN-139783110255362
- OCLC Control Number747914255
- OCLC Control Number704120621
- OCLC Control Numberfestivemealsanci00altm
and 1 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2011006107
Classifications
- DDC222/.15083942
- LCCBS1275.6.D55 A48 2011
Description
The festive meal texts of Deuteronomy 12-26 depict Israel as a unified people participating in cultic banquets - a powerful and earthy image for both preexilic Judahite and later audiences. Comparison of Deuteronomy 12:13-27, 14:22-29, 16:1-17, and 26:1-15 with pentateuchal texts like Exodus 20-23 is broadened to highlight the rhetorical potential of the Deuteronomic meal texts in relation to the religious and political circumstances in Israel during the Neo-Assyrian and later periods. The texts employ the concrete and rich image of festive banquets, which the monograph investigates in relation to comparative ancient Near Eastern texts and iconography, the zooarchaeological remains of the ancient Levant, and the findings of cultural anthropology with regard to meals.
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Series Statement
- Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft -- Bd. 424
Other Editions
- Festive meals in ancient Israel: Deuteronomy's identity in their ancient Near Eastern context
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