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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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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Table of Contents:
- 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