Meals in Early Judaism: Social Formation at the Table

Author:   S. Marks ,  H. Taussig
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
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9781137372567


Pages:   204
Publication Date:   09 October 2014
Format:   Hardback
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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.

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Author:   S. Marks ,  H. Taussig
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   3.796kg
ISBN:  

9781137372567


ISBN 10:   1137372567
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   09 October 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

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

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"""Meals in Early Judaism offers a much needed evaluation of the early Jewish meal, a social and religious institution whose importance in late antique Judaism it successfully demonstrates. The book's contribution lies not only in its thorough investigation of the meal's ritual structures and literary traditions, but also in the unique theoretical framework it develops and the broad methodological approach it applies."" - Gil P. Klein, Assistant Professor, Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University, USA ""This collection of studies is an important set of investigations into the ways in which Jewish ritual meals resembled and were built on Hellenistic and Roman models, and how they developed their own distinctive characteristics. No claim is made to giving a complete history, which would not be possible, but rather the contributors examine the many aspects of ritual dining: food, speech, dance, and other practices. This is an impressive contribution to a topic of continuing interest."" - Carolyn Osiek, Professor Emerita, Brite Divinity School, USA"


Meals in Early Judaism offers a much needed evaluation of the early Jewish meal, a social and religious institution whose importance in late antique Judaism it successfully demonstrates. The book's contribution lies not only in its thorough investigation of the meal's ritual structures and literary traditions, but also in the unique theoretical framework it develops and the broad methodological approach it applies. - Gil P. Klein, Assistant Professor, Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University, USA This collection of studies is an important set of investigations into the ways in which Jewish ritual meals resembled and were built on Hellenistic and Roman models, and how they developed their own distinctive characteristics. No claim is made to giving a complete history, which would not be possible, but rather the contributors examine the many aspects of ritual dining: food, speech, dance, and other practices. This is an impressive contribution to a topic of continuing interest. - Carolyn Osiek, Professor Emerita, Brite Divinity School, USA


Author Information

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

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