
Dinner at Dan
Biblical and Archaeological Evidence for Sacred Feasts at Iron Age II Tel Dan and Their Significance
Jonathan S. Greer(Author)
Brill (Publisher)
Published on 13. September 2013
Book
Hardback
214 pages
978-90-04-26061-0 (ISBN)
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Description
In Dinner at Dan, Jonathan S. Greer provides biblical and archaeological evidence for sacred feasting at the Levantine site of Tel Dan from the late 10th century - mid-8th century BCE. Biblical texts are argued to reflect a Yahwistic and traditional religious context for these feasts and a fresh analysis of previously unpublished animal bone, ceramic, and material remains from the temple complex at Tel Dan sheds light on sacrificial prescriptions, cultic realia, and movements within this sacred space. Greer concludes that feasts at Dan were utilized by the kings of Northern Israel initially to unify tribal factions and later to reinforce distinct social structures as a society strove to incorporate its tribal past within a monarchic framework.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
456 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-26061-0 (9789004260610)
DOI
10.1000/b10368
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Jonathan S. Greer, Ph.D. (The Pennsylvania State University, 2011), is Assistant Professor of Old Testament at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, MI. He has published several articles on the cult at Tel Dan and currently serves as the project zooarchaeologist.
Content
Chapter 1. Introduction: Unanswered Questions and the Power of a Feast
Chapter 2. Biblical Perspectives on the Northern Cult in the Monarchic Period
Chapter 3. Archaeological Evidence of Sacred Feasts at Tel Dan
Chapter 4. A Synthetic Analysis of Sacred Feasts at Israelite Dan
Chapter 5. Conclusions: Kingdom, Past, and Realpolitik at Monarchic Dan
Appendix: Cooking Pot Rim Profiles by Deposit
Bibliography
Chapter 2. Biblical Perspectives on the Northern Cult in the Monarchic Period
Chapter 3. Archaeological Evidence of Sacred Feasts at Tel Dan
Chapter 4. A Synthetic Analysis of Sacred Feasts at Israelite Dan
Chapter 5. Conclusions: Kingdom, Past, and Realpolitik at Monarchic Dan
Appendix: Cooking Pot Rim Profiles by Deposit
Bibliography