Fillets of fatling and goblets of gold
Subtitle: the use of meal events in the ritual imagery in the Ugaritic mythological and epic texts
By: Daniel Belnap.
Edition: 1st Gorgias Press ed.
Series: Gorgias ugaritic studies -- 4
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Piscataway, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9781593330842
Subjects: Dinners and dining -- Religious aspects; Ritual; Ugaritic literature; Ugarit (Extinct city) -- Religion
Description: "The mythological texts of Ugarit have long been of interest to the scholarly world. The rich imagery within these narratives have captured the attention of many, and have been the source of important studies, not just to Ugaritic studies, but to ancient Near Eastern and Biblical scholarship as well. This study continues in this tradition by focusing on the imagery of meals and feasting as recorded in the Baal Myth and Kirta and Aqhat epics. By utilizing contemporary approaches to ritual these meal events are examined revealing the manner in which ritual behavior described and defined the different social relationships with the Ugaritic pantheon and the interactions between the divine and mortal realms. In particular, this study will demonstrate the role successful ritual behavior may have played in the organization and presentation of characters within the narratives, as well the role of unsuccessful or failed rituals associated with the meal event, which resulted in greater social chaos and confusion. In so doing, the author posits that one can gain insight into the manner in which Ugaritians believed they could relate with the divine."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ritual theory and Ugaritic/biblical studies; title: The history of ritual theory; title: The myth-and-ritualists; title: The weaknesses of the myth-and-ritual; title: Approach in Ugaritic and biblical studies; title: The ritual anthropologists and Victor Turner; title: Catherine Bell and the process of ritualization; title: Ritual study since myth-and-ritual (Ugarit); title: Ritual study since myth-and-ritual (Hebrew Bible); title: Commensality and ritual theory; title: Commensality in ugaritic and biblical studies; title: Purpose of this study; title: Part iimeal events in the Baal myth; title: The feasts and meal events of Baal; title: Baal's first feast; title: Baal's meal with Athirat; title: Baal's second feast; title: Ritual failure in the Baal myth; title: Baal as maintainer of order; title: Other divine feasts in the Baal myth; title: El's feasts; title: Athirat's meal; title: Shapsh's feast; title: Meal imagery in the Kirta and Aqhat epics; title: Meal events in the Kirta and Aqhat epics; title: Kirta's first meal event; title: Kirta's second meal event; title: Kirta's third meal event; title: Danil's first feasts; title: Danil's third feast; title: Fillets of fatling and goblets of gold; title: Anat's meal offer to aqhat; title: El's cup of blessing and YHWH's cup; title: YHWH and his cup; title: Ritual failure in the Kirta and Aqhat epics; title: Burray's feast; title: Danil's final feast; title: Pughat's drinking event.