{"product_id":"a-table-in-the-presence-matthew-wade-umbarger-9781666761603","title":"A Table in the Presence of My Enemies: Banqueting and Battling in Ancient Israel","description":"Psalm 23, the most beloved of the Psalms, contains a perplexing riddle. What can it possibly mean that God prepares a table in the presence of the psalmist's enemies? Matthew Umbarger proposes that Psalm 23:5 makes the most sense when read according to its cultural context of prebattle covenant banquets. Beginning with ancient Mesopotamian mythology, Umbarger traces a conceptual trajectory of the prebattle banquet motif that reaches its zenith in the apocalyptic banquets of Second Temple Period literature and the eucharistic theology of the early church.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Wade Umbarger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1666761605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781666761603\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cascade Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Matthew Wade Umbarger","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46094364770559,"sku":"9781666761603","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b7b31d34-801c-4cfc-9c1e-935ddfb97f3f.jpg?v=1724844441","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-table-in-the-presence-matthew-wade-umbarger-9781666761603","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}