| Author |
Rosenblum, Jordan, 1979-
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| Subject |
Jews -- Dietary laws.
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Jews -- Food -- History.
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Jews -- Identity.
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Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism.
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| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 223 pages) |
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polychrome rdacc |
| Summary |
"In this book, Jordan D. Rosenblum explores how food regulations and practices helped to construct the identity of early rabbinic Judaism."--Provided by publisher. |
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"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."--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Realia -- Jewish identity -- Jewish male identity -- Jewish male rabbinic identity. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| ISBN |
9780511729850 (electronic bk.) |
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0511729855 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511730375 (electronic bk.) |
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0511730373 (electronic bk.) |
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9780521195980 (hardback) |
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0521195985 (hardback) |
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9780511727955 |
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051172795X |
| OCLC # |
663885721 |
| Additional Format |
Print version: Rosenblum, Jordan, 1979- Food and identity in early rabbinic Judaism. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521195980 (DLC) 2009047361 (OCoLC)465868260 |
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