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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453040803321

Autore

Greer Jonathan S

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden [The Netherlands] : , : Brill, , 2013

ISBN

90-04-26062-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Collana

Culture and history of the ancient Near East, , 1566-2055 ; ; volume 66

Disciplina

299.3135

299/.3135

Soggetti

Fasts and feasts in the Bible

Fasts and feasts - Judaism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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are argued to reflect a Yahwistic and traditional religious context for these feasts and a fresh analysis of previously unpublished animal bone, ceramic, and material remains from the temple complex at Tel Dan sheds light on sacrificial prescriptions, cultic realia, and movements within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.