Food Taboos and Biblical Prohibitions

Food Taboos and Biblical Prohibitions

Reassessing Archaeological and Literary Perspectives

Edited by Peter Altmann, Anna Angelini and Abra Spiciarich

[Nahrungstabus und biblische Verbote. Eine Neubewertung archäologischer und literarischer Perspektiven.]

2020. VI, 158 pages.

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This volume investigates the biblical food prohibitions with regard to their materiality, their nature as comparative cultural objects, and their anthropological nature, bringing together contributions from archaeology, ancient Near Eastern studies, and anthropological and textual perspectives.

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Peter Altmann Born 1974; 2004 ThM and 2010 PhD in Old Testament, Princeton Theological Seminary; 2016 Habilitation, University of Zurich; 2008-23 Senior Researcher & Teaching Fellow, University of Zurich; currently David Allan Hubbard Associate Professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4622-7721

Anna Angelini Born 1979: 2008 PhD Anthropology of the Ancient World, University of Siena; 2013-19 Senior Researcher and Teaching Fellow University of Lausanne; since 2020 Senior Researcher and Research Associate University of Zurich.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2031-0412

Abra Spiciarich Born 1989; 2015 MA in Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures at Tel Aviv University; since 2016 doctoral student in Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures at Tel Aviv.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5713-6270