Delicious Prose: Reading the Tale of Tobit with Food and Drink. A Commentary.

Jacobs, Naomi S. S.

ISBN 10: 9004382445 / ISBN 13: 9789004382442

Published by Brill, Leiden & Boston, 2018., 2018

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Oktav. Goldgepr. Org.-Ganzleinen mit bedrucktem Org.-SU, XXII, 274 S., nahezu neuwertiges Exemplar. [=Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism (JSJS); 188]. - Erste Ausgabe. - ISBN 9789004382442. - ENGLISH: Octavo. Publisher's gilt full cloth with publisher's d/j, XXII, 274 pp., a fine copy. [=Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism (JSJS); 188]. - Erste Ausgabe. - ISBN 9789004382442. - ENGLISH: Octavo. Publisher's gilt full cloth with publisher's d/j, XXII, 274 pp., a fine copy. 501 g.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Delicious Prose: Reading the Tale of Tobit with Food and Drink. A Commentary.
• Publisher: Brill, Leiden & Boston, 2018.
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004382445
• ISBN 13: 9789004382442
• Binding: Hardcover
• Weight: 501 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • JUDAICA, JUDENTUM - judaica, judaism

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Synopsis

In Delicious Prose: Reading the Tale of Tobit with Food and Drink, Naomi S.S. Jacobs explores how the numerous references to food, drink, and their consumption within The Book of Tobit help tell its story, promote righteous deeds and encourage resistance against a hostile dominant culture. Jacobs commentary includes up-to-date analyses of issues of translation, text-criticism, source criticism, redaction criticism, and issues of class and gender. Jacobs situates Tobit within a wide range of ancient writings sacred to Jews and Christians as well as writings and customs from the Ancient Near East, Ugarit, Greece, Rome, including a treasure trove of information about ancient foodways and medicine.

About the Author

Naomi S.S. Jacobs Ph.D (2007), Durham University, has written extensively on Tobit, including for The Jewish Annotated Apocrypha (Oxford, 2018), Scribal Innovation in the Book of Tobit: A Long Overdue Discussion and What About the Dog?: Tobits Mysterious Canine Revisited.