Nathan Macdonald

Not Bread Alone

The Uses of Food in the Old Testament

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Produktbeschreibung

Not Bread Alone is the first detailed and wide-ranging examination of food and its symbolism in the Old Testament and the world of ancient Israel. Nathan MacDonald demonstrates how references to food play a surprising and interesting role in many stories of the Old Testament.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 165mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780199546527
• ISBN-10: 0199546525
• Artikelnr.: 24806729

Autorenporträt

Dr Nathan MacDonald has been Lecturer in Old Testament at the University of St Andrews since 2001. He completed studies in Theology and Hebrew at the Universities of Cambridge and Durham, and has done postgraduate research at Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Munich. His first book Deuteronomy and the Meaning of 'Monotheism' was awarded the John Templeton Award for Theological Promise 2007. He is also the author of Diet in Ancient Israel.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Food, Anthropology, Text, and History
2: Milk and Honey: Diet in Ancient Israel
3: Chewing the Cud: Food and Memory in Deuteronomy
4: Mixed Menus: The Confusion of Food in Judges
5: Feasting Fit for a King: Food and the Rise of the Monarchy
6: Taste and Discernment: The Literary Motif of Judgement at the Table
7: You are How you Eat: Food and Identity in the Post-Exilic Period
Conclusion