Dr Nathan MacDonald has been Lecturer in Old Testament at the University of St Andrews since 2001. He completed studies in Theology and Hebrew at the Universities of Cambridge and Durham, and has done postgraduate research at Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Munich. His first book Deuteronomy and the Meaning of 'Monotheism' was awarded the John Templeton Award for Theological Promise 2007. He is also the author of Diet in Ancient Israel.

Imaginative and creative

• Introduction ; 1. Food, Anthropology, Text, and History ; 2. Milk and Honey: Diet in Ancient Israel ; 3. Chewing the Cud: Food and Memory in Deuteronomy ; 4. Mixed Menus: The Confusion of Food in Judges ; 5. Feasting Fit for a King: Food and the Rise of the Monarchy ; 6. Taste and Discernment: The Literary Motif of Judgement at the Table ; 7. You are How you Eat: Food and Identity in the Post-Exilic Period ; Conclusion

Dr Nathan MacDonald has been Lecturer in Old Testament at the University of St Andrews since 2001. He completed studies in Theology and Hebrew at the Universities of Cambridge and Durham, and has done postgraduate research at Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Munich. His first book Deuteronomy and the Meaning of 'Monotheism' was awarded the John Templeton Award for Theological Promise 2007. He is also the author of Diet in Ancient Israel.

Imaginative and creative

• Introduction ; 1. Food, Anthropology, Text, and History ; 2. Milk and Honey: Diet in Ancient Israel ; 3. Chewing the Cud: Food and Memory in Deuteronomy ; 4. Mixed Menus: The Confusion of Food in Judges ; 5. Feasting Fit for a King: Food and the Rise of the Monarchy ; 6. Taste and Discernment: The Literary Motif of Judgement at the Table ; 7. You are How you Eat: Food and Identity in the Post-Exilic Period ; Conclusion

Dr Nathan MacDonald has been Lecturer in Old Testament at the University of St Andrews since 2001. He completed studies in Theology and Hebrew at the Universities of Cambridge and Durham, and has done postgraduate research at Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Munich. His first book Deuteronomy and the Meaning of 'Monotheism' was awarded the John Templeton Award for Theological Promise 2007. He is also the author of Diet in Ancient Israel.

Imaginative and creative

• Introduction ; 1. Food, Anthropology, Text, and History ; 2. Milk and Honey: Diet in Ancient Israel ; 3. Chewing the Cud: Food and Memory in Deuteronomy ; 4. Mixed Menus: The Confusion of Food in Judges ; 5. Feasting Fit for a King: Food and the Rise of the Monarchy ; 6. Taste and Discernment: The Literary Motif of Judgement at the Table ; 7. You are How you Eat: Food and Identity in the Post-Exilic Period ; Conclusion