An Infelicitous Feast: Ritualized Consumption and Divine Rejection in Amos 6.1–7

Previous studies of the marzeaḥ in Amos 6.1-7 have tended to put forth one of two opposing views. Scholars who focus on the religious or ritual aspects of the banquet have claimed that the marzeaḥ was lewd, ‘pagan’, and ‘syncretistic’. Calling into question the assumptions of Israelite exceptionalis...

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Main Author: DeGrado, Jessie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2020]
In: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 2020, Volume: 45, Issue: 2, Pages: 178-197
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B marzeaḥ / Ritual meal / Bankettopfer / Banquet / Amos, Prophet / Eid al-Adha / Prophecy (Motif)
IxTheo Classification:BC Ancient Orient; religion
HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Mesopotamia
B marzēaḥ
B Feasting
B Iconography
B Amos 6.1–7
B Amos 6
B banqueting
B Levant
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