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Ancient Jewish food in its geographical and cultural contexts

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"This book is the first in-depth study of food in talmudic literature in its geographical and cultural contexts. It demonstrates the sharing of foods and foodways between Jews and their non-Jewish neighbours in the Near East in Late Antiquity. Using both ancient written sources and archaeological evidence, this book sets the foods of the Mishnah and Palestinian Talmud in their Graeco-Roman context, and the foods of the Babylonian Talmud and the ge'onim in their Persian and Arab contexts. It explores practices of food preparation and their contribution to the ancient diet, as well as analysing the relationships between food, status, and culture. The rabbinical authors of talmudic literature were more concerned with everyday food than aristocratic Classical authors; by examining both talmudic sources and archaeological finds, this book paints a new picture of the diet, lifestyle, and culture of ordinary people. Ancient Jewish Food in its Geographical and Cultural Contexts will interest Food Historians as well as students and scholars of Jewish Studies, particularly the period of the Mishnah and Talmud, as well as those dealing with the wider social and cultural history of the Ancient Near East"-- Provided by publisher.

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Weingarten, Susan. Ancient Jewish food in its geographical and cultural contexts

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  • Date: 2026-09-30T17:49:08.288816+00:00
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  • Status: c
  • Derived from: 24041181

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  • Date: 2026-09-30
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  • Description language: eng
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