Meals in Early Judaism

Social Formation at the Table
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-47619-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 2824 g

This is the first book about the meals of Early Judaism. As such it breaks important new ground in establishing the basis for understanding the centrality of meals in this pivotal period of Judaism and providing a framework of historical patterns and influences.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Taussig, H.

Marks, S.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Preface; Hal Taussig Introduction; Susan Marks 1. Ten Theses Concerning Meals and Early Judaism; Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus, Susan Marks and Jordan Rosenblum PART I 2. Thinking about the Ten Theses in Relation to the Passover Seder and Women's Participation; Judith Hauptman 3. Food and Identity in Early Rabbinic Judaism; Jordan Rosenblum 4. In the place of Libation: Birkat Hamazon Navigates New Ground; Susan Marks 5. Performing Myth, Performing Midrash at Rabbinic Meals; Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus PART II 6. The Pivotal Place of the Therapeutae in Understanding the Meals of Early Judaism; Hal Taussig 7. The Food of the Therapeutae: A Thick Description; Andrew McGowan 8. The Ritual Dynamics of Inspiration: The Therapeutae's Dance; Matthias Klinghardt 9. Contrasting Banquets: A Literary Commonplace in Philo's On the Contemplative Life and other Greek and Roman Symposia; Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus 10. Next Steps: Placing this Study of Jewish Meals in the Larger Picture of Meals in the Ancient World, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity; Dennis Smith Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Ellen Bradshaw Aitken, McGill University, Canada
Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus, Wheaton College, USA
Judith Hauptman, Jewish Theological Seminary and Rabbinic Culture, USA
Matthias Klinghardt, Technische Universitaet, Germany
Andrew McGowan, University of Melbourne, USA
Jordan Rosenblum, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Dennis Smith, Phillips Theological Seminary, USA