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Fillets of fatling and goblets of gold : the use of meal events in the ritual imagery in the Ugaritic mythological and epic texts
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Fillets of fatling and goblets of gold : the use of meal events in the ritual imagery in the Ugaritic mythological and epic texts / Dan Belnap.
ISBN
9781593330842 (alk. paper)
1593330847 (alk. paper)
Edition
1st Gorgias Press ed.
Published
Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, 2008.
Physical Description
vii, 245 p. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English; Ugaritic
Added to Catalog
April 23, 2009
Series
Gorgias Ugaritic studies ; 4
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-235) and index.
Contents
Part I: Ritual theory and Ugaritic/biblical studies
The history of ritual theory
The myth-and-ritualists
The weaknesses of the myth-and-ritual approach in Ugaritic and biblical studies
The ritual anthropologists and Victor Turner
Catherine Bell and the process of ritualization
Ritual study since myth-and-ritual (Ugarit)
Ritual study since myth-and-ritual (Hebrew Bible)
Commensality and ritual theory
Commensality in Ugaritic and biblical studies
Purpose of this study
Part II: Meal events in the Baal myth
The feasts and meal events of Baal
Baal's first feast
Baal's meal with Athirat
Baal's second feast
Ritual failure in the Baal myth
Baal as maintainer of order
Other divine feasts in the Baal myth
El's feasts
Athirat's meal
Shapsh's feast
Summary of Part II
Part III: Meal imagery in the Kirta and Aqhat epics
Meal events in the Kirta and Aqhat epics
Kirta's first meal event
Kirta's second meal event
Kirta's third meal event
Danil's first feasts
Danil's third feast
Anat's meal offer to Aqhat
El's cup of blessing and YHWH's cup
YHWH and his cup
Ritual failure in the Kirta and Aqhat epics
Hurray's feast
Danil's final feast
Pughat's drinking event
Summary of Part III.
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