TY  - BOOK
AU  - Greer,Jonathan S.
TI  - Dinner at Dan: biblical and archaeological evidence for sacred feasts at Iron Age II Tel Dan and their significance 
T2  - Culture and history of the ancient Near East,
SN  - 9004260617 (hardback : alk. paper)
AV  - BM690 .G74 2013
U1  - 296.0933/45 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Excavations (Archaeology)
KW  - Israel
KW  - Dan (Extinct city)
KW  - Fasts and feasts
KW  - Judaism
KW  - History
KW  - Jews
KW  - To 70 A.D
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - In 'Dinner at Dan', Jonathan S. Greer provides biblical and archaeological evidence for sacred feasting at the Levantine site of Tel Dan from the late 10th century - mid-8th century BCE. Biblical texts are argued to reflect a Yahwistic and traditional religious context for these feasts and a fresh analysis of previously unpublished animal bone, ceramic, and material remains from the temple complex at Tel Dan sheds light on sacrificial prescriptions, cultic realia, and movements within this sacred space. Greer concludes that feasts at Dan were utilized by the kings of Northern Israel initially to unify tribal factions and later to reinforce distinct social structures as a society strove to incorporate its tribal past within a monarchic framework
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004260627
ER  -