Dinner at Dan
Subtitle: biblical and archaeological evidence for sacred feasts at Iron Age II Tel Dan and their significance
By: by Jonathan S. Greer
Series: Culture and history of the ancient Near East -- volume 66; Culture and history of the ancient Near East -- v. 66.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9789004260610; 9789004260627
Subjects: Fester; Judaism; Jews; Måltider; Fasts and feasts; Historia; Arkeologi; Excavations (Archaeology); History
Description: "In 'Dinner at Dan', Jonathan S. Greer provides biblical and archaeological evidence for sacred feasting at the Levantine site of Tel Dan from the late 10th century - mid-8th century BCE. Biblical texts are argued to reflect a Yahwistic and traditional religious context for these feasts and a fresh analysis of previously unpublished animal bone, ceramic, and material remains from the temple complex at Tel Dan sheds light on sacrificial prescriptions, cultic realia, and movements within this sacred space. Greer concludes that feasts at Dan were utilized by the kings of Northern Israel initially to unify tribal factions and later to reinforce distinct social structures as a society strove to incorporate its tribal past within a monarchic framework."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Table of contents: title: Introduction: unanswered questions and the power of a feast; title: Biblical perspectives on the northern cult in the monarchic period; title: Archaeological evidence of sacred feasts at Tel Dan; title: A synthetic analysis of sacred feasts at Israelite Dan; title: Conclusions: kingdom, past and realpolitik at monarchic Dan; title: Appendix: cooking pot rim profiles by deposit.