02758nam 22005172 450 991016390970332120170413104520.01-108-10971-31-108-11039-81-108-10562-91-316-10665-91-108-11107-61-108-11447-41-108-11175-0(CKB)3710000001051975(UkCbUP)CR9781316106655(MiAaPQ)EBC4755961(EXLCZ)99371000000105197520140530d2016|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Jewish dietary laws in the ancient world /Jordan D. Rosenblum, University of Wisconsin-Madison[electronic resource]New York :Cambridge University Press,2016.1 online resource (xiii, 193 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Apr 2017).1-107-46228-2 1-107-09034-2 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.In The Jewish Dietary Laws in the Ancient World Jordan D. Rosenblum explores how cultures critique and defend their religious food practices. In particular he focuses on how ancient Jews defended the kosher laws, or kashrut, and how ancient Greeks, Romans, and early Christians critiqued these practices. As the kosher laws are first encountered in the Hebrew Bible, this study is rooted in ancient biblical interpretation. It explores how commentators in antiquity understood, applied, altered, innovated upon, and contemporized biblical dietary regulations. He shows that these differing interpretations do not exist within a vacuum; rather, they are informed by a variety of motives, including theological, moral, political, social, and financial considerations. In analyzing these ancient conversations about culture and cuisine, he dissects three rhetorical strategies deployed when justifying various interpretations of ancient Jewish dietary regulations: reason, revelation, and allegory. Finally, Rosenblum reflects upon wider, contemporary debates about food ethics.JewsDietary lawsJewsFoodHistoryRabbinical literatureHistory and criticismJewsDietary laws.JewsFoodHistory.Rabbinical literatureHistory and criticism.296.7/3Rosenblum Jordan1979-1075069UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910163909703321The Jewish dietary laws in the ancient world2583538UNINA