TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rosenblum,Jordan
TI  - Food and identity in early rabbinic Judaism
SN  - 9780511729850 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BM710 .R615 2010eb
U1  - 296.7/309015 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Jews
KW  - Dietary laws
KW  - Food
KW  - History
KW  - Identity
KW  - Rabbinical literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Description based on print version record; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Introduction -- Realia -- Jewish identity -- Jewish male identity -- Jewish male rabbinic identity -- Conclusion
N2  - "In this book, Jordan D. Rosenblum explores how food regulations and practices helped to construct the identity of early rabbinic Judaism."--Provided by publisher; "Food often defines societies and even civilizations. Through particular commensality restrictions, groups form distinct identities: Those with whom "we" eat ("Us") and those with whom "we" cannot eat ("Them"). This identity is enacted daily, turning the biological need to eat into a culturally significant activity. In this book, Jordan D. Rosenblum explores how food regulations and practices helped to construct the identity of early rabbinic Judaism. Bringing together the scholarship of rabbinics with that of food studies, this volume first examines the historical reality of food production and consumption in Roman-era Palestine. It then explores how early rabbinic food regulations created a distinct Jewish, male, and rabbinic identity. Rosenblum's work demonstrates how rabbinic food practices constructed an edible identity."--Provided by publisher
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