Festive Meals in Ancient Israel: Deuteronomy's Identity Politics in Their Ancient Near Eastern Context (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, #424) (Beihefte Zur Zeitschrift Fur die Alttestamentliche Wissensch)

by Peter Altmann

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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 comparative ancient Near Eastern texts and iconography, the zooarchaeological remains of the ancient Levant, and the findings of cultural anthropology with regard to meals.
  • ISBN10 3110255375
  • ISBN13 9783110255379
  • Publish Date 28 July 2011 (first published 1 January 2011)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country DE
  • Imprint De Gruyter