Festive Meals in Ancient Israel: Deuteronomy's Identity Politics in Their Ancient Near Eastern Context

by Peter Altmann

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110255367
• ISBN13: 9783110255362
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary