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  • T&T Clark Handbook of Food in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel

    T&T Clark Handbook of Food in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel by Fu, Janling; Shafer-Elliott, Cynthia; Meyers, Carol;

    Series: T&T Clark Handbooks;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher T&T Clark
    • Date of Publication 24 August 2023
    • Number of Volumes Paperback

    • ISBN 9780567702913
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages640 pages
    • Size 244x170x34 mm
    • Weight 1070 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 39 bw illus
    • 591

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    Long description:

    Food and feasting are key themes in the Hebrew Bible and the culture it represents. The contributors to this handbook
    draw on a multitude of disciplines to offer an overview of food in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Israel. Archaeological
    materials from biblical lands, along with the recent interest in ethnographic data, a new focus in anthropology, and emerging technologies provide valuable information about ancient foodways.

    The contributors examine not only the textual materials of the Hebrew Bible and related epigraphic works, but also engage in a wider archaeological, environmental, and historical understanding of ancient Israel as it pertains to food.

    Divided into five parts, this handbook examines and considers environmental and socio-economic issues such as climate and trade, the production of raw materials, and the technology of harvesting and food processing. The cultural role of food and meals in festivals, holidays, and biblical regulations is also discussed, as is the way food and drink are treated in biblical texts, in related epigraphic materials, and in iconography.

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    Table of Contents:

    Preface
    Abbreviations
    List of illustrations
    List of Contributors

    Introduction - Carol Meyers, Duke University, USA; Cynthia Shafer-Elliott, William Jessup University, USA; and Janling Fu, Harvard University, USA
    Part I. Environmental and Socio-economic Context
    1. Environmental Features - George A. Pierce, Brigham Young University, USA
    2. Households, Houses, and Social Structure - James Hardin, Mississippi State University, USA
    3. Economy and Trade - Joshua Walton, Capital University, USA
    Part II. Food: Procurement and Production
    4. Animal Husbandry: Meat, Milk, and More - Justin Lev-Tov, University of Maryland, USA
    5. Grains, Bread, and Beer - Jennie Ebeling, Evansville University, USA
    6. Olives and Olive Oil - Eric Lee Welch, University of Kentucky, USA
    7. Grapes and Wine - Carey Ellen Walsh, Villanova University, USA
    8. Fruits, Nuts, Vegetables, and Legumes - Cynthia Shafer-Elliott, William Jessup University, USA
    9. Spices, Herbs, and Sweeteners - Joshua Walton, Capital University, USA and Lauren M. Santini, Brandeis University, USA
    10. Under-Represented Taxa: Fish, Birds, and Wild Game - Deirdre N. Fulton, Baylor University, USA, and Paula Wapnish Hesse, Independent Researcher, USA
    Part III. Techniques of Food Preparation and Preservation
    11. Tools and Utensils - Leann Pace, Wake Forest University, USA
    12. Ceramics in the Iron Age - Nava Panitz-Cohen, Hebrew University, Israel
    13. Ceramics and Ethnoarchaeology - Gloria London, Independent Researcher, USA
    14. Cooking Installations - Tim Frank, Anglican Diocese of Christchurch, New Zealand
    15. Storage - David Ilan, Jewish Institute of Religion, Israel
    16. Spoilage - Zachary C. Dunseth, Brown University, USA, and Rachel Kalisher, Brown University, USA
    Part IV. Cultural Contexts
    17. Feasting and Festivals - Jonathan S. Greer, Cornerstone University, USA
    18. Food, Death, and the Dead - Matthew J. Suriano, University of Maryland, USA
    19. Diet and Nutrition - Margaret Cohen, W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, Israel
    20. Too Much Food and Drink: Gluttony and Intoxication - Rebekah Welton, University of Exeter, UK
    21. Too Little Food and Drink: Hunger and Fasting - Peter Altmann, University of Zurich, Switzerland
    22. Food and Gender - Carol Meyers, Duke University, USA
    23. Food in Canaanite Myth - Joseph Lam, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
    24. Food and Israelite Identity - Max Price, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
    Part V. Food in Ancient Texts (Hebrew Bible, Inscriptions) and Art
    25. Iconography of Food and Drink - Janling Fu, Harvard University, USA
    26. Food in Epigraphic Sources - Christopher Rollston, George Washington University, USA
    27. Language of Food and Cooking in the Hebrew Bible - Kurtis Peters, University of British Columbia, Canada
    28. Food in the Tetrateuch - Dorothea Erbele-Küster, University of Mainz, Germany
    29. Food in Deuteronomy and the Former Prophets - Janling Fu, Harvard University, USA
    30. Food in the Latter Prophets - Andrew T. Abernethy, Wheaton College, USA
    31. Food in the Writings - Klaus-Peter Adam, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, USA
    Bibliography
    Index

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