Food Taboos and Biblical Prohibitions

Der vorliegende Band untersucht biblische Speiseverbote in Bezug auf ihre Materialität, ihre Eigenschaft als vergleichbare kulturelle Objekte und ihren anthropologischen Charakter, indem er Beiträge aus archäologischer, anthropologischer und textueller Perspektive vereint, ebenso wie der der Altorientalistik.Peter Altmann/Anna Angelini/Abra Spiciarich: Introduction: Setting the Table - Peter Altmann/Anna Angelini: Purity, Taboo and Food in Antiquity. Theoretical and Methodological Issues - Stefania Ermidoro: Animals in the Ancient Mesopotamian Diet. Prohibitions and Regulations Related to Meat in the First Millennium BCE - Youri Volokhine: »Food Prohibitions« in Pharaonic Egypt. Discourses and Practices - Abra Spiciarich: Identifying the Biblical Food Prohibitions Using Zooarchaeological Methods - Jonathan S. Greer: Prohibited Pigs and Prescribed Priestly Portions. Zooarchaeological Remains from Tel Dan and Questions Concerning Ethnicity and Priestly Traditions in the Hebrew Bible - Deirdre N. Fulton: Distinguishing Judah and Philistia. A Zooarchaeological View from Ramat Raḥel and Ashkelon - Débora Sandhaus: Continuity, Innovation and Transformation in Cooking Habits. The Central and Southern Shephelah between the Late Fourth and the First Centuries BCE