T&T Clark handbook of food in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Israel
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Food, the Hebrew Bible, and the Ancient Israelites Carol Meyers, Cynthia Shafer-Elliott, and Janling Fu -- Part I Environmental and Socioeconomic Context -- 1 Environmental Featur...
| Summary: | Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Food, the Hebrew Bible, and the Ancient Israelites Carol Meyers, Cynthia Shafer-Elliott, and Janling Fu -- Part I Environmental and Socioeconomic Context -- 1 Environmental Features George A. Pierce -- 2 Houses, Households, and Social Structure James W. Hardin -- 3 Economy and Trade Joshua Walton -- Part II Food Procurement and Production -- 4 Animal Husbandry: Meat, Milk, and More Justin Lev-Tov -- 5 Grains, Bread, and Beer Jennie Ebeling -- 6 Olives and Olive Oil Eric Lee Welch -- 7 Grapes and Wine Carey Ellen Walsh -- 8 Fruits, Nuts, Vegetables, and Legumes Cynthia Shafer-Elliott -- 9 Spices, Herbs, and Sweeteners Joshua Walton and Lauren M. Santini -- 10 Underrepresented Taxa: Fish, Birds, and Wild Game Deirdre N. Fulton and Paula Wapnish Hesse -- Part III Techniques of Food Preparation and Preservation -- 11 Tools and Utensils Leann Pace -- 12 Ceramics in the Iron Age Nava Panitz-Cohen -- 13 Ceramics and Ethnoarchaeology Gloria London -- 14 Cooking Installations Tim Frank -- 15 Storage David Ilan -- 16 Spoilage Zachary C. Dunseth and Rachel Kalisher -- Part IV Cultural Contexts -- 17 Feasting and Festivals Jonathan S. Greer -- 18 Food, Death, and the Dead Matthew J. Suriano -- 19 Diet and Nutrition Margaret Cohen -- 20 Too Much Food and Drink: Gluttony and Intoxication Rebekah Welton -- 21 Too Little Food and Drink: Hunger and Fasting Peter Altmann -- 22 Food and Gender Carol Meyers -- 23 Food in Canaanite Myth Joseph Lam -- 24 Food and Israelite Identity Max Price -- Part V Food in Ancient Texts (Hebrew Bible, Inscriptions) and Art -- 25 Iconography of Food and Drink Janling Fu -- 26 Food in Epigraphic Sources Christopher A. Rollston -- 27 Language of Food and Cooking in the Hebrew Bible Kurtis Peters. |
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| ISBN: | 0567679810 |