'He Is a Glutton and a Drunkard'. Deviant Consumption in the Hebrew Bible
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Word Count
89,000 words, Guess
Page Count
356 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-109004423486
- ISBN-139789004423480
- Library of Congress Control Number2019055504
- OCLC Control Number1127656790
- Better World Books9789004423480
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL28093626M
Classifications
- LCCBS1199.F66W45 2020
- LCCBS1199.F66 W45 2020
Description
"In 'He is a Glutton and a Drunkard': Deviant Consumption in the Hebrew Bible Rebekah Welton uses interdisciplinary approaches to explore the social and ritual roles of food and alcohol in Late Bronze Age to Persian-period Syro-Palestine (1550 BCE-400 BCE). This contextual backdrop throws into relief episodes of consumption deemed to be excessive or deviant by biblical writers. Welton emphasises the social networks of the household in which food was entangled, arguing that household animals and ritual foodstuffs were social agents, challenging traditional understandings of sacrifice. For the first time, the accusation of being a 'glutton and a drunkard' (Deut 21:18-21) is convincingly re-interpreted in its alimentary and socio-ritual contexts"--
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