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Meeting Program Units

2015 Annual Meeting

Atlanta, GA

Meeting Begins11/21/2015
Meeting Ends11/24/2015

Call for Papers Opens: 12/17/2014
Call for Papers Closes: 3/4/2015

Requirements for Participation

Meals in the Greco-Roman World


Program Unit Type: Section
Accepting Papers? Yes

Call For Papers: We have plannes two sessions: 1) Dietary Laws in the Bible and their ancient reception and 2) Libation and meal - Wine, offerings and ritual The session on „Dietary Laws in the Bible and their ancient reception“, which includes an open call for papers, will focus on early Jewish and Christian reception of the laws concerning animals proper to eat, and those not. While the text of Leviticus 11 offers proscriptions that appear definitive, even ancient readers who accepted it as authoritative faced significant choices about how to interpret them. Papers are invited that address whether and how particular meats and other foods were included or excluded from diet (especially with reference to Lev 11), controversies about proper interpretation of this and related texts, and how these relate to other questions of identity and belief. The session on „Libation and meal - Wine, offerings and ritual“ is planned with invited scholars, who will focus on the role of libations, particularly in relation to ancient meals. The papers will address issues including how and by whom wine is used, and discuss the theological, social and political significance of using wine during a libation. The presenters are asked to include a focus on methodology for approaching these rituals and the associated data.

Program Unit Chairs

Andrew B. McGowan
Soham Al-Suadi

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