Not bread alone
Subtitle: the uses of food in the Old Testament
By: Nathan MacDonald.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780199546527
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Food in the Bible; Food -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Food habits -- Israel
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Food, anthropology, text and history; title: Milk and honey : the diet of the Israelites; title: Chewing the cud : food and memory in Deuteronomy; title: Mixed menus : the confusion of food in Judges; title: Feasting fit for a king : food and the rise of the monarchy; title: Taste and discernment : the literary motif of judgement at the table; title: You are how you eat : food and identity in the post-exilic period.