An Underappreciated Medical Allusion in Amos 6,6?
In the ancient Mediterranean world, olive oil and wine had medicinal as well as culinary and (in the case of olive oil) cosmetic applications. Amos may be playing on the multiple uses of these items when he condemns banqueters for drinking wine and anointing themselves while ignoring the “wound of J...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2009
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Biblica
Year: 2009, Volume: 90, Issue: 4, Pages: 559-563 |
| Further subjects: | B
Wine
B Amos 6,6 B olive oil B medicinal |
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| Summary: | In the ancient Mediterranean world, olive oil and wine had medicinal as well as culinary and (in the case of olive oil) cosmetic applications. Amos may be playing on the multiple uses of these items when he condemns banqueters for drinking wine and anointing themselves while ignoring the “wound of Joseph”. |
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| ISSN: | 2385-2062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblica
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