The Rosenblum, Jordan 1979- creator author. text bibliography nyu New York Cambridge University Press c2016 2016 monographic eng

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xiii, 193 pages : 24 cm "A key component of this project is the history of interpretation of biblical dietary laws. As such, it is essential that the reader first becomes acquainted with what the Hebrew Bible says - and even more importantly, what it does not say. Chapter One therefore examines all of the biblical food laws and their justifications (or, almost always, their lack thereof), including: abstaining from certain animals (sometimes categorically and other times specifically), animals that die a natural death, animals killed by other animals, blood, the sciatic nerve, and slaughtering a mother and her child on the same day; sending away the mother bird from the nest before taking her eggs/chicks; and cooking a kid in its mother's milk. In discussing the supposed rationalizations for these regulations, I consider well-known anthropological and popular accounts (Mary Douglas, Jacob Milgrom, Marvin Harris, etc.)"-- Jordan D. Rosenblum, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-178) and indexes. Jews Dietary laws Jews Food History Rabbinical literature History and criticism BM710 .R616 2016 296.7/3 9781107090347 2016044120 https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1701/2016044120-b.html https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1701/2016044120-d.html https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1701/2016044120-t.html https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1701/2016044120-b.html https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1701/2016044120-d.html https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1701/2016044120-t.html DLC 161010 20190520123116.0 19331594 eng