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A Table in the Presence of My Enemies : Banqueting and Battling in Ancient Israel
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9781666761597
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Psalm 23, the most beloved of the Psalms, contains a perplexing riddle. What can it possibly mean that God prepares a table in the presence of the psalmist?s enemies? Matthew Umbarger proposes that Psalm 23:5 makes the most sense when read according to its cultural context of prebattle covenant banquets. Beginning with ancient Mesopotamian mythology, Umbarger traces a conceptual trajectory of the prebattle banquet motif that reaches its zenith in the apocalyptic banquets of Second Temple Period literature and the eucharistic theology of the early church.
Author: Matthew Wade Umbarger |
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Publication Date: Jun 25, 2024 |
Number of Pages: 211 pages |
Language: English |
Binding: Paperback |
ISBN-10: 1666761591 |
ISBN-13: 9781666761597 |
A Table in the Presence of My Enemies : Banqueting and Battling in Ancient Israel
$28.00
$25.82
Sale 8%
Psalm 23, the most beloved of the Psalms, contains a perplexing riddle. What can it possibly mean that God prepares a table in the presence of the psalmist?s enemies? Matthew Umbarger proposes that Psalm 23:5 makes the most sense when read according to its cultural context of prebattle covenant banquets. Beginning with ancient Mesopotamian mythology, Umbarger traces a conceptual trajectory of the prebattle banquet motif that reaches its zenith in the apocalyptic banquets of Second Temple Period literature and the eucharistic theology of the early church.
Author: Matthew Wade Umbarger |
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Publication Date: Jun 25, 2024 |
Number of Pages: 211 pages |
Language: English |
Binding: Paperback |
ISBN-10: 1666761591 |
ISBN-13: 9781666761597 |