Festive Meals in Ancient Israel : : Deuteronomy's Identity Politics in Their Ancient Near Eastern Context / / Peter Altmann.
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 i...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011] ©2011 |
Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Overview of the History of Scholarship of Deuteronomy -- 2. Treatment of the Deuteronomic Cultic Meals -- 3. Material Culture and the Symbolic Meaning of Meat in Deuteronomy 12 -- 4. The Cultic Meals of the Deuteronomic Cultic Calendar (16:1-17) in Light of Comparative Ancient Near Eastern Texts -- 5. Deuteronomy 14:22-29 in Light of Ancient Near Eastern Tribute and Modern Anthropology -- 6. Conclusion -- Index |
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Summary: | 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. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110255379 9783110238570 9783110238549 9783110638165 9783110261189 9783110261233 9783110261271 |
ISSN: | 0934-2575 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110255379 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Peter Altmann. |