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An Infelicitous Feast: Ritualized Consumption and Divine Rejection in Amos 6.1–7
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Pub Date : 2020-09-22 , DOI: 10.1177/0309089220903344 Jessie DeGrado 1
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Pub Date : 2020-09-22 , DOI: 10.1177/0309089220903344 Jessie DeGrado 1
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Previous studies of the marzeaḥ in Amos 6.1-7 have tended to put forth one of two opposing views. Scholars who focus on the religious or ritual aspects of the banquet have claimed that the marzeaḥ was lewd, ‘pagan’, and ‘syncretistic’. Calling into question the assumptions of Israelite exceptionalism underlying this approach, a second group argues that the prophetic critique is economic rather than religious in nature. Both approaches are potentially reductive. This paper analyzes the marzeaḥ of Amos 6 in the context of ancient Middle Eastern banquets, with a focus on commensality as a means for human-divine communication. I conclude that the marzeaḥ functioned as an offertory event, in which participants focalized divine presence through ritualized consumption in honor of a patron deity. Banqueters could hope to accrue divine favor through their own feasting. Amos 6.1–7 condemns the affluent for believing that they can give Yahweh their cake and eat it too.
中文翻译:
不合时宜的盛宴:阿摩司书 6.1-7 中的仪式化消费和神圣拒绝
先前在阿摩司书 6.1-7 中对 marzeaḥ 的研究倾向于提出两种相反的观点之一。专注于宴会的宗教或仪式方面的学者声称 marzeaḥ 是淫秽的、“异教徒”和“融合”。质疑这种方法背后的以色列例外论的假设,第二组认为预言性批评本质上是经济的而不是宗教的。这两种方法都有潜在的还原性。本文在古代中东宴会的背景下分析了阿摩司书 6 的 marzeaḥ,重点关注作为人与神交流手段的共性。我的结论是,marzeaḥ 起到了供奉活动的作用,参与者通过仪式化消费来纪念守护神,从而聚焦神圣的存在。宴会者可以希望通过自己的宴会来获得上帝的青睐。阿摩司书 6.1-7 谴责富人相信他们可以给耶和华他们的蛋糕,也可以吃。
更新日期:2020-09-22
中文翻译:
不合时宜的盛宴:阿摩司书 6.1-7 中的仪式化消费和神圣拒绝
先前在阿摩司书 6.1-7 中对 marzeaḥ 的研究倾向于提出两种相反的观点之一。专注于宴会的宗教或仪式方面的学者声称 marzeaḥ 是淫秽的、“异教徒”和“融合”。质疑这种方法背后的以色列例外论的假设,第二组认为预言性批评本质上是经济的而不是宗教的。这两种方法都有潜在的还原性。本文在古代中东宴会的背景下分析了阿摩司书 6 的 marzeaḥ,重点关注作为人与神交流手段的共性。我的结论是,marzeaḥ 起到了供奉活动的作用,参与者通过仪式化消费来纪念守护神,从而聚焦神圣的存在。宴会者可以希望通过自己的宴会来获得上帝的青睐。阿摩司书 6.1-7 谴责富人相信他们可以给耶和华他们的蛋糕,也可以吃。