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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453844403321

Autore

Kunin Seth Daniel

Titolo

We think what we eat [[electronic resource] ] : neo-structuralist analysis of Israelite food rules and other cultural and textual practices / / Seth D. Kunin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : T & T Clark International, c2004

ISBN

1-281-80310-3

9786611803100

0-567-22801-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 412

Disciplina

221.8/39412

Soggetti

Food habits - Israel

Food - Religious aspects - Christianity

Purity, Ritual - Biblical teaching

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Overview; Chapter 1 Theoretical and Methodological Presuppositions; Chapter 2 Israelite Food Rules Revisited; Chapter 3 The Death of Isaac; Chapter 4 The Bridegroom of Blood; Chapter 5 Perilous Wives and (Relatively) Safe Sisters; Chapter 6 Israel and the Nations; Chapter 7 The Structure of Hebrew Thought; Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; Index of Mishnaic and Rabbinic Literature; General Index

Sommario/riassunto

In We Think What We Eat, Seth Kunin presents both an appreciation and critique of Professor Mary Douglas' classical work on Israelite food rules. He places her arguments into the context of related anthropological approaches and suggests a new interpretation of the food rules system based on a rigorous application of structuralist theory. Kunin then goes on to extend this analysis to other areas of Israelite culture. Through detailed analysis of texts from Genesis, Exodus and Judges, he demonstrates that the same structural pattern found in the first section in respect of ritual is also charac