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Food and Identity in Early Rabbinic Judaism
Jordan D. Rosenblum explores how food regulations and practices helped to construct the identity of early rabbinic Judaism.
Jordan D. Rosenblum (Author)
9781107666436, Cambridge University Press
Paperback / softback, published 20 February 2014
238 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.36 kg
'A veritable feast for scholars and students drawn to food studies, as well as readers interested in better understanding the cultural significance of the rabbinic table.' Religion
Food often defines societies and even civilizations. Through particular commensality restrictions, groups form distinct identities: those with whom 'we' eat ('us') and those with whom 'we' cannot eat ('them'). This identity is enacted daily, turning the biological need to eat into a culturally significant activity. In this book, Jordan D. Rosenblum explores how food regulations and practices helped to construct the identity of early rabbinic Judaism. Bringing together the scholarship of rabbinics with that of food studies, this volume first examines the historical reality of food production and consumption in Roman-era Palestine. It then explores how early rabbinic food regulations created a distinct Jewish, male, and rabbinic identity. Rosenblum's work demonstrates how rabbinic food practices constructed an edible identity.
Introduction
1. Realia
2. Jewish identity
3. Jewish male identity
4. Jewish male rabbinic identity
Conclusion.
Subject Areas: Judaism [HRJ], Religion: general [HRA], Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA]