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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 ana...

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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-865802024-01-11T13:06:01Z Dinner at Dan Greer, Jonathan S. 10th-8th Century BC cult history Israel Jeroboam priestly sacrifice Yahwism Zooarchaeology bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HD Archaeology::HDD Archaeology by period / region bic Book Industry Communication::1 Geographical Qualifiers::1Q Other geographical groupings, oceans & seas::1QD Empires & historical states::1QDA Ancient World::1QDAL Ancient / Biblical Israel bic Book Industry Communication::3 Time periods qualifiers::3D BCE to c 500 CE 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are argued to reflect a Yahwistic and traditional religious context for these feasts and a fresh analysis of previously unpublished animal bone, ceramic, and material remains from the temple complex at Tel Dan sheds light on sacrificial prescriptions, cultic realia, and movements within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. 2024-01-11T11:33:33Z 2024-01-11T11:33:33Z 2013 book ONIX_20240111_9789004260627_13 9789004260627 9789004260610 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/86580 eng application/pdf n/a 9789004260627.pdf https://brill.com/display/title/20842 Brill 10.1163/9789004260627 10.1163/9789004260627 af16fd4b-42a1-46ed-82e8-c5e880252026 9789004260627 9789004260610 open access
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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are argued to reflect a Yahwistic and traditional religious context for these feasts and a fresh analysis of previously unpublished animal bone, ceramic, and material remains from the temple complex at Tel Dan sheds light on sacrificial prescriptions, cultic realia, and movements within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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