Jordan D. Rosenblum is Associate Professor and Belzer Professor of Classical Judaism at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His research focuses on the literature, culture, and history of the Rabbinic movement. He is the author of Food and Identity in Early Rabbinic Judaism (Cambridge, 2010) and the co-editor of Religious Competition in the Third Century CE: Jews, Christians, and the Greco-Roman World (2014). He is also the editor for Ancient Judaism at Currents in Biblical Research.

• Introduction. Reasonable creature; 1. Hebrew Bible; 2. Greek and Roman sources; 3. The Hellenistic period: Jewish sources; 4. The Hellenistic period: the New Testament; 5. The Tannaitic period: Jewish sources; 6. The Rabbinic/Patristic period: Amoraic sources; 7. The Rabbinic/Patristic period: Christian sources; Conclusion. Food ethic; Bibliography; Index of pre-modern sources; Selected index of modern scholars; Selected general index.

'I would not hesitate to recommend [this book] for introductory courses in Jewish studies. It would probably also prove valuable in the education of lay Jewish audiences, whose hunger for knowledge about Jewish food culture often seems insatiable.' Joshua Garroway, H-Net Reviews

Jordan D. Rosenblum is Associate Professor and Belzer Professor of Classical Judaism at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His research focuses on the literature, culture, and history of the Rabbinic movement. He is the author of Food and Identity in Early Rabbinic Judaism (Cambridge, 2010) and the co-editor of Religious Competition in the Third Century CE: Jews, Christians, and the Greco-Roman World (2014). He is also the editor for Ancient Judaism at Currents in Biblical Research.

• Introduction. Reasonable creature; 1. Hebrew Bible; 2. Greek and Roman sources; 3. The Hellenistic period: Jewish sources; 4. The Hellenistic period: the New Testament; 5. The Tannaitic period: Jewish sources; 6. The Rabbinic/Patristic period: Amoraic sources; 7. The Rabbinic/Patristic period: Christian sources; Conclusion. Food ethic; Bibliography; Index of pre-modern sources; Selected index of modern scholars; Selected general index.

'I would not hesitate to recommend [this book] for introductory courses in Jewish studies. It would probably also prove valuable in the education of lay Jewish audiences, whose hunger for knowledge about Jewish food culture often seems insatiable.' Joshua Garroway, H-Net Reviews

Jordan D. Rosenblum is Associate Professor and Belzer Professor of Classical Judaism at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His research focuses on the literature, culture, and history of the Rabbinic movement. He is the author of Food and Identity in Early Rabbinic Judaism (Cambridge, 2010) and the co-editor of Religious Competition in the Third Century CE: Jews, Christians, and the Greco-Roman World (2014). He is also the editor for Ancient Judaism at Currents in Biblical Research.

• Introduction. Reasonable creature; 1. Hebrew Bible; 2. Greek and Roman sources; 3. The Hellenistic period: Jewish sources; 4. The Hellenistic period: the New Testament; 5. The Tannaitic period: Jewish sources; 6. The Rabbinic/Patristic period: Amoraic sources; 7. The Rabbinic/Patristic period: Christian sources; Conclusion. Food ethic; Bibliography; Index of pre-modern sources; Selected index of modern scholars; Selected general index.

'I would not hesitate to recommend [this book] for introductory courses in Jewish studies. It would probably also prove valuable in the education of lay Jewish audiences, whose hunger for knowledge about Jewish food culture often seems insatiable.' Joshua Garroway, H-Net Reviews