From Forbidden Fruit to Milk and Honey: A Commentary on Food in the Torah

by Diana Lipton

Overview

Food is at the heart of Jewish life and culture. It's the subject of many studies, popular and academic, and countless Jewish jokes. From Forbidden Fruit to Milk and Honey spotlights food in the Torah itself, where, as still today, it's used to explore themes including love and desire, compassion and commitment, social justice, memory, belonging and exclusion, control, deception, and life and death. Originally an online project to support the food rescue charity, Leket Israel, From Forbidden Fruit to Milk and Honey comprises short essays on food in the parasha by 52 internationally acclaimed scholars and Jewish educators, and a verse by verse commentary by Diana Lipton on food and eating in the Torah.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789655242522
Publisher:	Urim Publications
Publication date:	01/18/2018
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Diana Lipton received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Oxford and a PhD in Bible at the University of Cambridge. After almost ten years as Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge, she moved to King's College London as a Lecturer and then Reader in Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies. She is now an Adjunct Lecturer in Bible at Hebrew University's Rothberg International School. Her published works include Revisions of the Night: Politics and Promises in the Patriarchal Dreams of Genesis, Longing for Egypt and Other Unexpected Biblical Tales, and Lamentations Through the Centuries. Diana has a long history of voluntary work in the Jewish community, and this book emerged from her first project with Leket Israel. Diana has two sons, Jacob and Jonah, and she lives in Jerusalem with her husband, Chaim Milikowsky.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 9

Introduction 11

Abbreviations 18

Glossary 19

Parasha Commentaries

Bere'shit 23

NOAH * 30

Lekh Lekha 35

Va-Year 39

Hayyei Sarah 46

Toledot 50

Va-Yetse' 57

Va-Yishlah 62

Va-Yeshev 69

Mikkets 74

Va-Yiggash 84

Va-Yehi 90

Shemot 94

Va-'era' 99

Bo' 107

Beshallah 113

Yitro 120

Mishpatim 123

Terumah 129

Tetsavveh * 132

Ki Tissa' 136

Va-Yakhel 141

Pekudei 144

Va-Yikra' 147

Tsav 150

Shemini 156

Tazria' 161

Metsora' * 166

'Aharei Mot 170

Kedoshim 175

'Emor 181

Be-Har 186

Be-Hukkotai 190

Be-Midbar 193

Naso' * 196

Be-Ha'alotekha 200

Shelah-Lekha 204

Korah * 210

Hukkat * 217

Balak 222

Pinhas 226

Mattot 233

Mase'ei * 237

Devarim 241

Va-'ethannan 244

'Ekev 248

Re'eh 255

Shofetim 263

Ki Tetse' 266

Ki Tavo' * 271

Nitsavim * 278

Va-Yelekh * 281

Ha'azinu 285

Ve-z'ot

Ha-berakhah * 290

* Translated from the Hebrew

Postscript 293

Further Reading 300

Editorial Reviews

"A feast to be treasured by all lovers of that full-flavoured mix of food and faith that is Jewish life at its best." —Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, philosopher, and scholar


"Many of these opening essays and commentaries are truly eye opening. Even those who know the weekly Torah portions quite well may be surprised to learn of all the hidden food and mealtime connections that there really are!... In today’s market, where parsha books are overflowing and competing for a limited readership, this book is to be commended for its very original and unique angle. Who isn’t interested in food?" —Rabbi Ari Enkin, torahbookreviews.blogspot.co.il


"Food is at the heart of Jewish life and culture. From Forbidden Fruit to Milk and Honey spotlights food in the Torah itself, as it explores themes like love, compassion, social justice, memory, belonging, deception, life and death. Originally an online project to support the food rescue charity, Leket Israel,the book comprises short essays on food in the parsha by 52 internationally acclaimed scholars and Jewish educators, and a verse-by-verse commentary by Diana Lipton." —Phil Jacobs, www.jewishlinknj.com

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