Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha
Angaben zur Quelle:
30,3 (2021) 117-132
Keywords:
Drinking customs in literature
;
Future life in post-biblical literature
;
Human body Religious aspects
;
Judaism
;
Post-biblical literature History and criticism
Abstract:
Both the Hebrew Bible and extrabiblical literature consider food and drink to be gifts from the deity to be enjoyed by human beings, especially when they live according to the divine laws and in moderation. When it comes to extrabiblical early Jewish texts about the meal in the World to Come, one notices a curious detail: while the World to Come is portrayed as being one of utter abundance and joy, none of the texts actually describe the righteous as drinking. References to drinking natural water, fruit being turned into drink, or any other possibility for the human consumption of liquids are simply absent from these texts. How is this to be explained? This article investigates the possible reasons for the conscious or subconscious omission of a function of the human body that is most common to all human beings.
DOI:
10.1177/0951820721995758
DOI:
10.1177%2F0951820721995758
URL:
Locate this publication in Israeli libraries
Permalink
