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Author Kunin, Seth D. (Seth Daniel), 1961-

Title We think what we eat : neo-structuralist analysis of Israelite food rules and other cultural and textual practices / Seth D. Kunin
Published London ; New York : T & T Clark International, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 256 pages)
Series Journal for the study of the Old Testament supplement series ; 412
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 412.
Contents Introduction; Overview; Chapter 1 Theoretical and Methodological Presuppositions; Chapter 2 Israelite Food Rules Revisited; Chapter 3 The Death of Isaac; Chapter 4 The Bridegroom of Blood; Chapter 5 Perilous Wives and (Relatively) Safe Sisters; Chapter 6 Israel and the Nations; Chapter 7 The Structure of Hebrew Thought; Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; Index of Mishnaic and Rabbinic Literature; General Index
Summary In We Think What We Eat, Seth Kunin presents both an appreciation and critique of Professor Mary Douglas' classical work on Israelite food rules. He places her arguments into the context of related anthropological approaches and suggests a new interpretation of the food rules system based on a rigorous application of structuralist theory. Kunin then goes on to extend this analysis to other areas of Israelite culture. Through detailed analysis of texts from Genesis, Exodus and Judges, he demonstrates that the same structural pattern found in the first section in respect of ritual is also charac
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-250) and indexes
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Bible. Old Testament fast
Subject Purity, Ritual -- Biblical teaching
Food -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Food habits -- Israel
RELIGION -- Judaism -- Sacred Writings.
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
Food habits
Food -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Purity, Ritual -- Biblical teaching
Jodendom.
Gebruiken.
Vrouwen.
Spijswetten.
Offer van Isaak.
Volken.
Structuralisme.
Israel
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780567228017
0567228010