Reaching for the Tree of Life: The Role of Eating, Drinking, Fasting, and Symbolic Foodstuffs in 4 Ezra

This paper considers the role of foodstuffs and their (non-)consumption in 4 Ezra. While foodstuffs figure prominently in 4 Ezra, no prior research has been conducted on food and 4 Ezra. The paper argues that both the narrative progression of the work and significant parts of 4 Ezra are expressed th...

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1. VerfasserIn: Smit, Peter-Ben 1979- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2014
In: Journal for the study of Judaism
Jahr: 2014, Band: 45, Heft: 3, Seiten: 366-387
weitere Schlagwörter:B Food fasting tree of life meals 4 Ezra
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Zusammenfassung:This paper considers the role of foodstuffs and their (non-)consumption in 4 Ezra. While foodstuffs figure prominently in 4 Ezra, no prior research has been conducted on food and 4 Ezra. The paper argues that both the narrative progression of the work and significant parts of 4 Ezra are expressed through foodstuffs.
ISSN:1570-0631
Enthält:In: Journal for the study of Judaism
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700631-12340056