Delicious prose: reading the Tale of Tobit with food and drink : a commentary
"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. Jac...
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Format: | Electronic Book |
Language: | English |
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Published: |
Leiden Boston
Brill
[2018]
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In: |
Journal for the study of Judaism (volume 188)
Year: 2018 |
Reviews: | [Rezension von: Jacobs, Naomi, 1953-, Delicious prose : reading the Tale of Tobit with food and drink : a commentary] (2020) (Anderson, Gary A., 1955 -)
[Rezension von: Jacobs, Naomi, 1953-, Delicious prose : reading the Tale of Tobit with food and drink : a commentary] (2020) (Macatangay, Francis M.) |
Series/Journal: | Journal for the study of Judaism Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism
volume 188 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Tobit
/ Lebensmittel
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Further subjects: | B
Commentary
B Food in the Bible B Bible B Bible. Tobit Commentaries |
Online Access: |
Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (Verlag) |
Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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Summary: | "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 writing and customs from the Ancient Near East, Ugarit, Greece, Rome, including a treasure trove of information about ancient foodways and medicine"-- |
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ISBN: | 900438247X |
Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004382473 |