Dinner at Dan : : biblical and archaeological evidence for sacred feasts at Iron Age II Tel Dan and their significance / / by Jonathan S. Greer.

• Superior document: Culture and history of the ancient Near East, volume 66
• Author: Greer, Jonathan S.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden [The Netherlands] : : Brill,, 2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 66.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (213 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In Dinner at Dan , Jonathan S. Greer provides biblical and archaeological evidence for sacred feasting at the Levantine site of Tel Dan from the late 10th century - mid-8th century BCE. Biblical texts are argued to reflect a Yahwistic and traditional religious context for these feasts and a fresh analysis of previously unpublished animal bone, ceramic, and material remains from the temple complex at Tel Dan sheds light on sacrificial prescriptions, cultic realia, and movements within this sacred space. Greer concludes that feasts at Dan were utilized by the kings of Northern Israel initially to unify tribal factions and later to reinforce distinct social structures as a society strove to incorporate its tribal past within a monarchic framework.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Unanswered Questions and the Power of a Feast -- Chapter 2. Biblical Perspectives on the Northern Cult in the Monarchic Period -- Chapter 3. Archaeological Evidence of Sacred Feasts at Tel Dan -- Chapter 4. A Synthetic Analysis of Sacred Feasts at Israelite Dan -- Chapter 5. Conclusions: Kingdom, Past, and Realpolitik at Monarchic Dan -- Appendix: Cooking Pot Rim Profiles by Deposit -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Names and Subject Index -- Ancient Sources Index.