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Dinner at Dan : biblical and archaeological evidence for sacred feasts at Iron Age II Tel Dan and their significance /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
Brill,
2013.
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| Colección: | Culture and history of the ancient Near East ;
volume 66. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Introduction: Unanswered Questions and the Power of a Feast; The Power of a Feast; Defining a Feast; The Sacred Feast; The Way Forward; The Importance of this Endeavor; Chapter 2. Biblical Perspectives on the Northern Cult in the Monarchic Period; The Description of the Cult of Jeroboam in 1 Kings 12:25-33; The Ambiguous Portrayal of Jeroboam and His Cult in the DH; Yahwistic Aspects of the Description of the Cult of Jeroboam; Calf Iconography, Yahweh, and Exodus 32; The God Who Brought You up from Egypt.
- A Temple of " bāmôt̲"?Traditional Aspects of the Description of the Cult of Jeroboam; Location and Ancient Roots in Judges 17-18; A Priesthood of Everyman; Festivals of Old; Chapter 3. Archaeological Evidence of Sacred Feasts at Tel Dan; Introduction: Tel Dan Area T; Methods; Defining Contexts; Faunal Analysis; Ceramic Analysis; Artifactual Analysis; Results; Spatial and Stratigraphic Contexts; Southern Deposit 1 (SD1); Southern Deposit 2 (SD2); South-East Deposit 1 (SED1); South-East Deposit 2 (SED2); North-East Deposit (NED); Western Deposit 1 (WD1); Western Deposit 2 (WD2); Faunal Remains.
- Taxa RepresentedAge at Death; Male-Female Proportions; Butchery Marks; Left-sided to Right-sided Proportions; Meaty Long Bone to Phalange Proportions; Ceramic Remains; Ceramic Types; Painted to Unpainted Wares; Other Artifactual Remains; Discussion; Cultic Meals in Area T; The Nature of the Deposits of Area T; Contrast between Spheres of Activity; Chronological Trends; Conclusions; Reconstruction; The Cultic Feasts of the Courtyard; The Cultic Feasts of the Western Chambers; Chapter 4. A Synthetic Analysis of Sacred Feasts at Israelite Dan; The Historicity of an Iron Age II Danite Cult.
- Yahwistic Aspects of Danite FeastsThe Priestly Portions; Cultic Paraphernalia; The Architecture of Area T; The Syntax of Offering in Area T; "Yahwistic Aspects" in Context and the Aramaean Question; Traditional Aspects of Danite Cult Feasts; Communal Family Feasts; Increasing Regulation; Chapter 5. Conclusions: Kingdom, Past, and Realpolitik at Monarchic Dan; The Yahwistic Royal Cult in Action; Sacred Feasts at Dan in the Context of the Kingdom; Sacred Feasting in the Precinct of the Early Northern Monarchs; Sacred Feasting in the Precinct of the Omrides.
- Sacred Feasting in the Precinct of the NimshidesThe Significance of this Study; Appendix: Cooking Pot Rim Profiles by Deposit; Bibliography; Author Index; Names and Subject Index; Ancient Sources Index.