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



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Autore: Kunin Seth Daniel Visualizza persona
Titolo: We think what we eat [[electronic resource] ] : neo-structuralist analysis of Israelite food rules and other cultural and textual practices / / Seth D. Kunin Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London, : T & T Clark International, c2004
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
Disciplina: 221.8/39412
Soggetto topico: Food habits - Israel
Food - Religious aspects - Christianity
Purity, Ritual - Biblical teaching
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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
Titolo autorizzato: We think what we eat  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-80310-3
9786611803100
0-567-22801-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910453844403321
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Serie: Journal for the study of the Old Testament. . -Supplement series ; ; 412.