Feasts and Taboo Eating in Isaiah: Anthropology as a Stimulant for the Exegete's Imagination

How does anthropology contribute to the task of exegesis? Using the feast in Isaiah 25 and references to taboo eating in Isaiah 65-66 as passages of focus, the work of several anthropologists enters into conversation with these texts in order to illustrate how cultural anthropology stimulates the ex...

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Main Author: Abernethy, Andrew T. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Catholic Biblical Association of America [2018]
In: The catholic biblical quarterly
Year: 2018, Volume: 80, Issue: 3, Pages: 393-408
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Jesaja 25,6-8 / Banquest / Bible. Jesaja 65-66 / Essay / Taboo / Anthropology
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
NBE Anthropology
Further subjects:B Isaiah 25
B Bible. Isaiah
B FASTS & feasts in the Bible
B Bible Commentaries
B Swine
B Isaiah 65-66
B Taboo
B Anthropology
B Feast
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Summary:How does anthropology contribute to the task of exegesis? Using the feast in Isaiah 25 and references to taboo eating in Isaiah 65-66 as passages of focus, the work of several anthropologists enters into conversation with these texts in order to illustrate how cultural anthropology stimulates the exegetical imagination to grasp better how these texts might be understood.
ISSN:2163-2529
Contains:Enthalten in: The catholic biblical quarterly
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1353/cbq.2018.0089