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

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Reaching for the Tree of Life: The Role of Eating, Drinking, Fasting, and Symbolic Foodstuffs in 4 Ezra
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Author(s)
Smit, Peter-Ben
Year
2014
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
Journal for the Study of Judaism
Volume
45
Issue / Series Volume
3
Abbreviated Series Name
JSJ
Pages
305-325
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Label
22/09/2014
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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