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

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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.

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  • Cascade Books Brand
  • Jun 25, 2024 Pub Date:
  • 9781666761603 ISBN-13:
  • 1666761605 ISBN-10:
  • English Language
  • 9 in * 0.63 in * 6 in Dimensions:
  • 1 lb Weight: