عنوان

Feasting in the archaeology and texts of the Bible and the ancient Near East /

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(paperback : alk. paper)

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(paperback : alk. paper)

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1575063239

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9781575063232

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Title Proper

Feasting in the archaeology and texts of the Bible and the ancient Near East /

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[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Peter Altmann and Janling Fu

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xi, 303 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

23 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-289) and indexes

Text of Note

Feasting : backgrounds, theoretical perspectives, and introductions / Janling Fu and Peter Altmann -- Conspicuous consumption : dining on meat in the ancient Mediterranean world and Near East / Jodi Magness -- Feasts on many occasions : diversity in Mesopotamian banquet scenes during the early dynastic period / Steve Renette -- The next level and the final stage : consistency and change in the provision of meals for the dead in their different stages of existence and the accompanying feasting acts of the living, as evidenced at Mari, Qaṭna, and Ugarit / Sarah Lange -- Power to unite and power to divide : sacred feasting and social change at Iron II Tel Dan / Jonathan S. Greer -- Menu : royal repasts and social class in biblical Israel / Carol Meyers -- Feast and famine : theoretical and comparative perspectives on lack as a backdrop for plenty in the Hebrew Bible / Peter Altmann -- Feasting and everyday meals in the world of the Hebrew Bible : the relationship reexamined through material culture and texts / Leann Pace -- The role of the household in the religious feasting of ancient Israel and Judah / Cynthia Shafer-Elliott -- Feasting and foodways in Psalm 23 and the contribution of redaction criticism to the interpretation of meals / Klaus-Peter Adam

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Bible., Old Testament-- Criticism, interpretation, etc

Fasts and feasts-- Judaism-- History

Middle Eastern literature-- History and criticism

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Book number

Altmann, Peter

Fu, Janling

Date of Transaction

20150527112509.0

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[Book]

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