Festive Meals in Ancient Israel

Deuteronomy's Identity Politics in Their Ancient Near Eastern Context
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-3-11-025536-2
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 424, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 622 g

Reihe: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

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.

Zielgruppe

Academics, Libraries, Institutes

Autoren/Hrsg.

Altmann, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Biblische & Klassische Periode

Über Autor(innen)

Altmann, Peter
Peter Altmann, University of Zurich, Switzerland