The fruit of the vine : viticulture in ancient Israel / Carey Ellen Walsh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walsh, Carey, 1960- author.

Series:

Harvard Semitic monographs ; 60.

Harvard Semitic Museum Publications E-Book Collection, ISBN ; 9789004365230.

Harvard Semitic Museum publications

Harvard Semitic monographs ; no. 60

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Viticulture--Palestine--History.

Viticulture.

Wine and wine making--Palestine--History.

Wine and wine making.

Viticulture in the Bible.

History.

Middle East--Palestine.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 294 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2000.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The practice of viticulture--from planting vines to drinking wine--in Israelite culture is the focus of Walsh's investigation. Viticulture, no less than drinking, marked the social sphere of Israelite practitioners, and so its details were often enlisted to describe social relations in the Hebrew Bible. These features of everyday life offer important clues for the reconstruction of Israelite social history, the literary constructions of the oral transmitters, authors, and redactors and for thematic and theological meanings attached to biblical representations of the vine and wine imagery.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Viticulture as a Vital Facet of Israelite Culture

The Sociology of the Vintner

The Cultivation of Grape Vines

Installations of the Israelite Vineyard

The Grape Harvest

Wine Consumption

Conclusion

Bibliography

Scripture Index

Subject Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-277).

Other Format:

Print version: Walsh, Carey, 1960- Fruit of the vine.

ISBN:

9789004369825

OCLC:

647381777

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004369825 DOI

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.