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A table in the presence of my enemies : banqueting and battling in ancient Israel / Matthew Wade Umbarger.
Van Pelt Library BS1450 23rd .U46 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Umbarger, Matthew Wade, author.
- Series:
- Lectio sacra
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Psalms, XXIII--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Dinners and dining in the Bible.
- Christian literature, Early.
- Lord's Supper--History.
- Lord's Supper.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 194 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2024]
- Summary:
- "Psalm 23, the most beloved of the Psalms, contains a perplexing riddle. What can it possibly mean that God prepares a table in the presence of the psalmist's enemies? Matthew Umbarger proposes that Psalm 23:5 makes the most sense when read according to its cultural context of prebattle covenant banquets. Beginning with ancient Mesopotamian mythology, Umbarger traces a conceptual trajectory of the prebattle banquet motif that reaches its zenith in the apocalyptic banquets of Second Temple Period literature and the eucharistic theology of the early church." -- Page 4 of cover.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Pale Rider and the Mystery of the missing verse
- Schadenfreude or strategy? Psalm 23:5 and the pre-battle banquet motif
- Setting the table: elements of banquet narratives in the ancient Near East
- Identifying the ingredients: the pre-battle banquet motif and its sources
- Talks of feasting and fighting
- A structure of sacrifice and slaughter: the pre-battle banquet motif in the Deuteronomistic history
- The femmes fatales of the Bible
- Feasting for freedom: the Passover
- The last course: the eschatological banquet
- Feasting on vanquished Leviathan
- Leviathan and five loaves of bread
- A table full of trophies: Patristic readings of Ps. 23:5
- A table prepared against my enemies
- Psalm 23, a soldier's song
- Conclusion: a theological reflection on Ps. 23:5.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781666761597
- 1666761591
- 1666761605
- 9781666761603
- OCLC:
- 1452188699
- Publisher Number:
- 90100320503
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