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2017 International Meeting

Berlin, Germany

Meeting Begins8/7/2017
Meeting Ends8/11/2017

Call for Papers Opens: 11/9/2016
Call for Papers Closes: 2/21/2017

Requirements for Participation

Food as Concept / Symbol / Metaphor


Program Unit Type: Consultation
Accepting Papers? Yes

Call For Papers: Consuming food and drink nourishes our physical bodies and keeps us alive. Eating (and drinking) is thus both a necessity and an activity that is most familiar to human beings from their first day of life until their last. Because of this familiarity and the repetitive nature of eating and drinking, food also takes on symbolic value. As it accompanies us throughout our lives, it bears memories of the past and connects us in the most physical way with what once has been, to who we once were and to the people we once knew. Moreover, the sheer materiality of physical food makes it a mediator between this world and the transcendent one. In Year 1 of this consultation, we invite contributions on Jewish and Christian biblical and extra-biblical texts in the following areas: a) Texts that use food terminology and imagery when imagining life in the world to come or in otherworldly realms, especially in regard to identity formation and conflict between different forms of identity, b) texts that use food and meal symbolism in the representation of the otherworld, and c) texts that connect descriptions of the messiah with descriptions of food.

Program Unit Chairs

Alexey B. Somov
Claudia D. Bergmann

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