UID:
almahu_9949701047402882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789004382473
Series Statement:
Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism
Content:
In Delicious Prose: Reading the Tale of Tobit with Food and Drink , Naomi S.S. Jacobs explores how the numerous references to food, drink, and their consumption within The Book of Tobit help tell its story, promote righteous deeds and encourage resistance against a hostile dominant culture. Jacobs' commentary includes up-to-date analyses of issues of translation, text-criticism, source criticism, redaction criticism, and issues of class and gender. Jacobs situates Tobit within a wide range of ancient writings sacred to Jews and Christians as well as writings and customs from the Ancient Near East, Ugarit, Greece, Rome, including a treasure trove of information about ancient foodways and medicine.
Note:
Front Matter --
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Copyright page /
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Dedication /
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Preface /
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Abbreviations and Sigla /
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Introduction /
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Background Issues for This Study /
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Walking in the Ways of Righteousness: Food and Eating in Tobit's Testimonial (Tob. 1) /
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'The Table Was Set Before Me': Tobit's Shavuot Meal, Its Aftermath, and the Parallel Woes of Sarah (Tob. 2-3) /
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'Live Uprightly All the Days of Your Life': Food and Drink in Tobit's Testament and the Preparations for Tobiah's Journey (Tob. 4-5) /
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'Leaping Up from the Water, a Great Fish': An Eat-or-Be Eaten Struggle and the Acquisition of Medicinal Fish Organs (Tob. 6 and Its Echoes in 8 and 11) /
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'I Will Neither Eat nor Drink Here until You Resolve the Things Concerning Me': Food and Wedding Celebrations (Tob. 7-9 and Elsewhere) /
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'And Observe [Me] That I Did Not Eat Anything But [That] a Vision Was Beheld By You': Tobiah's Return to Nineveh, Raphael's Revelation, and the Story's Closure (Tob. 10-14) /
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Conclusion /
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Back Matter --
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Bibliography /
Additional Edition:
Print version: Delicious Prose: Reading the Tale of Tobit with Food and Drink: A Commentary Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2018, ISBN 9789004382442
Language:
English
