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Ritual and the Agency of Food in Ancient Israel and Judah: Food Futures in Biblical Studies


Ritual and the Agency of Food in Ancient Israel and Judah: Food Futures in Biblical Studies
 This article addresses a gap in current biblical scholarship regarding food production and consumption. Using meat and beer as two brief case studies, the potential of food to symbolise and inculcate identities and status in the agro-pastoral Israelite and Judahite household will be demonstrated. A case will also be made for attributing agency to food. In particular, this method elucidates the roles and identities of various members of the household, including its animals and deities, and especially focuses on the ritual agency of women.
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Ritual and the Agency of Food in Ancient Israel and Judah: Food Futures in Biblical Studies


Welton, Rebekah
Biblical Interpretation , Volume 25 (4-5): 16 – Nov 15, 2017
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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0927-2569
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10.1163/15685152-02545P09
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Abstract

This article addresses a gap in current biblical scholarship regarding food production and consumption. Using meat and beer as two brief case studies, the potential of food to symbolise and inculcate identities and status in the agro-pastoral Israelite and Judahite household will be demonstrated. A case will also be made for attributing agency to food. In particular, this method elucidates the roles and identities of various members of the household, including its animals and deities, and especially focuses on the ritual agency of women.


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Biblical Interpretation – Brill

Published: Nov 15, 2017

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