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

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Neta Rozenblit
Research notes: 
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Reference type: 
Journal Article
Author(s): 
Smit, Peter-Ben
year: 
2014
Full title: 

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

Journal / Book Title || Series Title: 
Journal for the Study of Judaism
Volume: 
45
Issue / Series Volume: 
3
Abbreviated Series Name: 
JSJ
Pages: 
305-325
Work type: 
Essay/Monograph
Abstract: 

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.

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Primary Texts: Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha: 
Composition / Author: 
4 Ezra
URL: 
http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/15700631-12340056
Label: 
22/09/2014
Record number: 
98 820