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What did the ancient Israelites eat? : diet in biblical times / Nathan MacDonald.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacDonald, Nathan, 1975-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food in the Bible.
- Food--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Food.
- Jews--Dietary laws.
- Jews.
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 156 pages : maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2008.
- Summary:
- What Food did the Ancient Israelites Eat, and how much did they consume? That seemingly simple question is actually a complex topic. In this fascinating book Nathan MacDonald carefully sifts through all the relevant evidence - biblical, archaeological, anthropological, environmental - to uncover what the people of biblical times really ate and how healthy (or unhealthy) it was.
- Engagingly written, What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat? is the fruit of extensive scholarly research; the book's substantial bibliography and endnotes point interested readers to a host of original sources. Including an archaeological time line and three maps, the book concludes by analyzing a number of contemporary books that advocate a return to "biblical" eating. Anyone who reads MacDonald's responsible study will never read a "biblical diet" book in the same way again.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- A land flowing with milk and honey
- Reconstructing the Israelite diet
- What did the Israelites eat?
- The Mediterranean triad : bread, wine, and oil
- Vegetables, pulses, and fruit
- Meat, milk, birds, and fish
- Condiments and other foods
- How well did the Israelites eat?
- Modeling the Israelite diet
- Environment and climate
- Food shortage and famine
- The consumption of meat : archaeological evidence
- The consumption of meat : anthropological evidence
- Food distribution
- Nutritional deficiencies
- Conclusion
- The diet of the ancient Israelites
- Biblical diets.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-147) and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Althea Hottel and Abraham S. Hottel, Jr. Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780802862983
- 0802862985
- OCLC:
- 214934609
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