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A Table in the Presence of My Enemies: Banqueting and Battling in Ancient Israel

A Table in the Presence of My Enemies: Banqueting and Battling in Ancient Israel - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Matthew Wade UmbargerSeries:Lectio SacraPublish date:2024-06-25Pages:210
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cascade BooksISBN-13:9781666761597ISBN-10:1666761591UPC:9781666761597Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Biblical Studies, Biblical Criticism & InterpretationBook Topic:Old TestamentSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.48 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCJHWCWA2V
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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cascade BooksISBN-13:9781666761597ISBN-10:1666761591UPC:9781666761597Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Biblical Studies, Biblical Criticism & InterpretationBook Topic:Old TestamentSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.48 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCJHWCWA2V
Matthew Wade Umbarger is associate professor of theology in the School of Catholic Studies at Newman University in Wichita, Kansas.
Publisher: Cascade Books

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