Festive Meals in Ancient Israel
Deuteronomy's Identity Politics in Their Ancient Near Eastern Context
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 comparative ancient Near Eastern texts and ic…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-3-11-025536-2
- EAN: 9783110255362
- Produktnummer: 22502562
- Verlag: De Gruyter
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 312 S.
- Masse: H23.7 cm x B16.4 cm x D2.3 cm 584 g
- Abbildungen: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 584
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Peter Altmann, University of Zurich, Switzerland.ich, Switzerland.
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