Delicious Prose: Reading the Tale of Tobit with Food and Drink, A Commentary.
In Delicious Prose: Reading the Tale of Tobit with Food and Drink , Naomi S.S. Jacobs explores how the numerous references to food, drink, and their consumption within The Book of Tobit help tell its story, promote righteous deeds and encourage resistance against a hostile dominant culture. Jacobs&#...
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Language: English
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Leiden, Boston:
Brill,
2018.
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Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism
188.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353275.
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Call Number: BS1725.53 .J33 2018
- Front Matter
- Copyright page /
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- Dedication /
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- Preface /
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- Abbreviations and Sigla /
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- Introduction /
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- Background Issues for This Study /
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- Walking in the Ways of Righteousness: Food and Eating in Tobit's Testimonial (Tob. 1) /
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- 'The Table Was Set Before Me': Tobit's Shavuot Meal, Its Aftermath, and the Parallel Woes of Sarah (Tob. 2-3) /
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- 'Live Uprightly All the Days of Your Life': Food and Drink in Tobit's Testament and the Preparations for Tobiah's Journey (Tob. 4-5) /
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- 'Leaping Up from the Water, a Great Fish': An Eat-or-Be Eaten Struggle and the Acquisition of Medicinal Fish Organs (Tob. 6 and Its Echoes in 8 and 11) /
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- 'I Will Neither Eat nor Drink Here until You Resolve the Things Concerning Me': Food and Wedding Celebrations (Tob. 7-9 and Elsewhere) /
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- 'And Observe [Me] That I Did Not Eat Anything But [That] a Vision Was Beheld By You': Tobiah's Return to Nineveh, Raphael's Revelation, and the Story's Closure (Tob. 10-14) /
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- Conclusion /
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- Back Matter
- Bibliography /
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