E-raamat: 'He is a Glutton and a Drunkard': Deviant Consumption in the Hebrew Bible

"In 'He is a Glutton and a Drunkard': Deviant Consumption in the Hebrew Bible Rebekah Welton uses interdisciplinary approaches to explore the social and ritual roles of food and alcohol in Late Bronze Age to Persian-period Syro-Palestine (1550 BCE-400 BCE). This contextual backdrop throws into relief episodes of consumption deemed to be excessive or deviant by biblical writers. Welton emphasises the social networks of the household in which food was entangled, arguing that household animals and ritual foodstuffs were social agents, challenging traditional understandings of sacrifice. For the first time, the accusation of being a 'glutton and a drunkard' (Deut 21:18-21) is convincingly re-interpreted in its alimentary and socio-ritual contexts"--

Welton addresses both normative and non-normative foodways in relation to the ancient Israelites and Judahites, and Hebrew Bible texts. Only by understanding the social norms that characters were either adhering to or deviating from, she says, can we understand the reaction of other characters to the behavior. Among her topics are animal sacrifice in an entangled agro-pastoral perspective, brewing beer in ancient Israel and Judah, excessive food consumption in elite contexts, drunkenness as blessing from Yahweh, and deviant consumption associated with mortuary rites. Annotation ©2020 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

In ‘He is a Glutton and a Drunkard’: Deviant Consumption in the Hebrew Bible Rebekah Welton uses interdisciplinary approaches to explore the socio-religious roles of food and alcohol in Israelite cultures and examine non-normative consumption in the Hebrew Bible.