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UNINA9910826435003321 |
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Autore |
Altmann Peter |
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Festive meals in ancient Israel : Deuteronomy's identity politics in their ancient Near Eastern context / / Peter Altmann |
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Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter, c2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-40047-2 |
9786613400475 |
3-11-025537-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (312 p.) |
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Collana |
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Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, , 0934-2575 ; ; Bd. 424 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Dinners and dining - Biblical teaching |
Fasts and feasts - Biblical teaching |
Food habits - Israel |
Food habits - Middle East |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- 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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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