Avar Special Supplement "Food and Pandemic in the Hebrew Bible"

Striking parallels exist between the current crisis and ancient ones in manifold ways: the renewed centrality of meals when other constructed daily rhythms are disrupted, as well as the relation between scarcity of food and the rise of oppressive structures in times of crisis. Food provides a helpful hermeneutical tool for considering the different strategies seen in the biblical texts and their wider context for dealing with such a crisis.